Black‑backed Forktail Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Enicurus schistaceus
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Black-backed Forktail is a small pied passerine with a long, forked tail (length 25 cm, weight 25 g, wing 9 cm, bill 2 cm, tail 12.5 cm approximately). The adult is black barred with white above and is white below except for a black throat. It has a white forehead extending above the eye, black crown and mantle, broad white band across its black wings, white tips to its secondaries and a white rump. The feathers of the long forked tail are graduated and lie over so the white tips of the shorter ones appear as a series of white spots or bands, with a white tip to the tail. It has brown eyes, black bill and fleshy-white legs and feet. It feeds mainly on aquatic insects and worms. It breeds in March-May.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Brachypteryx leucophrys
(Indian Blue Robin) -
Saxicola insignis
(White-throated (Hodgson’s) Bushchat) -
Ficedula tricolor
(Snowy‑browed Flycatcher) -
Phoenicurus auroreus
(Blue-capped Rock-thrush) -
Phoenicurus leucocephalus
(Plumbeous Water-redstart) -
Larvivora brunnea
(Siberian Blue Robin) -
Enicurus leschenaulti
(Blue Whistling Thrush) -
Zoothera mollissima/salimalii
(Dark‑sided Thrush) -
Cyornis poliogenys
(Large Blue-flycatcher) -
Ficedula superciliaris
(Little Pied Flycatcher)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills
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Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters
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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
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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
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Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby
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Flamingo
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Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes
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Nightjars -
Barn-owls
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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;photo credit: Carlos Sanchez(www.inaturalist.org/people/ Carlos Sanchez),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Mike Nelson(www.xeno-canto.org/Mike Nelson), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more 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;photo credit: Carlos Sanchez(www.inaturalist.org/people/ Carlos Sanchez),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Mike Nelson(www.xeno-canto.org/Mike Nelson), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.