Slaty‑backed Forktail Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Tarsiger indicus
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Rivers
Description : The Slaty-backed Forktail is a small, long tailed pied bird with a slaty back (length 25 cm, weight 28 g, wing 9.7 cm, bill 2 cm, tarsus 3 cm, tail: 13 cm, inner 4.4 cm approximately). The adult is grey-black with white bands above and white below except for its black throat. It has a narrow white frontal patch extending into a white supercillium, the crown and mantle are slate grey, the chin, throat and cheeks are black. It also has broad white patches across its black wings, a small white patch on its primaries, a white rump, white tips to its tertials, and white bands on its tail. It feeds mainly on insects, especially beetles. It breeds in the Himalayas and hills of northeast India in April-June.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Turdus atrogularis
(Rufous-throated Thrush) -
Brachypteryx leucophrys
(Indian Blue Robin) -
Ficedula erithacus
(Slaty-blue Flycatcher) -
Cyornis unicolor
(Pale‑chinned Flycatcher) -
Ficedula ruficauda
(Red-breasted Flycatcher) -
Zoothera marginata
(Long‑billed Thrush) -
Ficedula parva
(Red-throated (Taiga) Flycatcher) -
Cyornis rubeculoides
(Lesser Shortwing) -
Cyornis banyumas
(Tickell's Blue-flycatcher) -
Cochoa purpurea
(Orange‑headed Thrush)
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: Hari Basnet (www.inaturalist.org/people/Hari Basnet ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Marc Andersonmore 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: Hari Basnet (www.inaturalist.org/people/Hari Basnet ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Marc Andersonmore information, please contact us.