The spotted forktail (''Enicurus maculatus'') is a species of
bird in the family
Muscicapidae. It is found in the
Himalayas and the hills of
Northeast India,
Bangladesh,
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
, and southern China including
Yunnan.
Birds of this species are 25 cm with a long tail. The sexes are alike, having a white forehead and a black crown and nape, a black back spotted white, and a broad white wing bar. The tail is deeply forked, graduated black and white. The white spotted back easily identifies this species from other similar sized forktail. Its call is a shrill, screechy ''KREE'', mostly given in flight; it also makes some shrill, squeaky notes while perched. It breeds mostly at 1200–3600 m, and descends to about 600 m in winter. Its natural
habitat is subtropical or tropical moist
montane forests, where it is found in boulder-strewn torrents, forest streams, and roadside canals.
Gallery
File:7 Abu'l Hasan, Spotted Forktail, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album ca. 1610–15 Metropolitan Museum New-York.jpg, Spotted forktail by Abu al-Hasan (Mughal painter)
Abu'l-Hasan (or Abu al-Hasan) (1589 – c. 1630), from Delhi, India, was a Mughal painter of miniatures during the reign of Jahangir.
Biography
Abu al-Hasan was the son of Aqa Reza of Herat in Safavid Iran, a city with an artistic tradit ...
References
spotted forktail
Birds of the Himalayas
Birds of Northeast India
Birds of Myanmar
Birds of China
Birds of Yunnan
spotted forktail
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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