White‑crowned Forktail Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Enicurus immaculatus
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The White-crowned Forktail is a small, sleek, black and white bird with a long forked tail (length 28 cm, weight 55 g, wing 10.5 cm, bill 2.7 cm, tarsus 3 cm, tail 14 cm approximately). The adult is black banded with white above and white below except for its black throat and breast. It has a prominent white spot on its forehead and forecrown. It has white patches on its wingcoverts, a white rump and a long forked black and white tail. Its irises are dark brown, bill is black, and legs and feet are fleshy-white. It feeds mainly on insects and aquatic invertebrates. It breeds in the adjacent hills of India in April-June.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Turdus boulboul
(Black‑breasted Thrush) -
Zoothera mollissima/salimalii
(Dark‑sided Thrush) -
Niltava grandis
(Verditer Flycatcher) -
Phoenicurus ochruros
(Daurian Redstart) -
Turdus eunomus
(Black- (Dark‑) throated Thrush) -
Muscicapa muttui
(Asian Brown Flycatcher) -
Turdus obscurus
(Tibetan Blackbird) -
Ficedula westermanni
(Rusty-tailed Flycatcher) -
Phoenicurus auroreus
(Blue-capped Rock-thrush) -
Enicurus schistaceus
(Black‑backed Forktail)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Tareq Uddin Ahmed(www.inaturalist.org/people/Tareq Uddin Ahmed),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Mike Nelsonmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Tareq Uddin Ahmed(www.inaturalist.org/people/Tareq Uddin Ahmed),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Mike Nelsonmore information, please contact us.