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Bornean forktail

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Muscicapidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Enicurus

Similar
  
Bornean leafbird, Chestnut‑hooded laughingthrush, Bornean whistling thrush, White‑crowned forktail, Mountain blackeye

Bornean forktail


The Bornean forktail (Enicurus borneensis) is a small, black and white bird, with a long and deeply forked tail, in the Old World flycatcher family. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, where it occupies streamside habitats in montane primary forest.

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Taxonomy

It is closely related to the very similar white-crowned forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti) of which it is sometimes considered a subspecies, and from which it was split because of:

  • a recognizably different type of mitochondrial DNA
  • the reduced extent of the white forehead shield, which does not cover the crown
  • its larger size and longer tail with four, rather than five, white tail patches
  • different calls
  • different habitat, with the Bornean forktail replacing the lowland dwelling white-crowned forktail in the mountains and in submontane areas.

    • References

    Bornean forktail Wikipedia
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