Forktail
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This article is about the type of bird. For other uses, see Forktail (disambiguation).
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| Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Enicurus Temminck, 1822 |
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The forktails are small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus. They were formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Their name derives from their long forked tail.[1]
These are southeast Asian forest species principally associated with mountain forests and streams. Most nest in rock crevices, laying 2-4 eggs.
[edit] Species
- Little Forktail, Enicurus scouleri
- Sunda Forktail, Enicurus velatus
- Chestnut-naped Forktail, Enicurus ruficapillus
- Black-backed Forktail, Enicurus immaculatus
- Slaty-backed Forktail, Enicurus schistaceus
- White-crowned Forktail, Enicurus leschenaulti
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- Bornean Forktail, Enicurus (leschenaulti) borneensis[2]
- Spotted Forktail, Enicurus maculatus
[edit] References
- ^ Collar, Nigel (2005), "Family Turdidae (Thrushes)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David, Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10, Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 805–807, ISBN 84-87334-72-5
- ^ Moyle, Robert; Menno Schilthuizen, Mustafa A. Rahman and Frederick H. Sheldon, (2005). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the white-crowned forktail Enicurus leschenaulti in Borneo". Journal of Avian Biology 36 (2): 96–101. doi:10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03510.x.
