White-crowned Forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti)

Other Names (World)
White-crowned Forktail, Leschenault's Forktail

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
28 - 28.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Habitat
Fast flowing streams in primary lowland dipterocarp forest.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Shy, restless and easily disturbed. When disturbed flies out of view uttering a loud call.

Food
Small invertebrates.

Voice
A loud, high-pitched, grating 'screeee'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (82)...)

(Enicurus leschenaulti) [XC413646]
by Lars Lachmann from Pura Luhur Batukaru, Bali, Indonesia (call)

White-crowned Forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti) [XC41772]
by Frank Lambert from Khao Yai National Park, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand (call, calls (two types))

Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of woven fibers near a streambank, usually between boulders or tree-roots.

Eggs (Guide)
2; white with reddish-brown spots.

Subspecies
Subspecies borneensis of some taxonomic interest, although morphologically not very distinct; perhaps merits a combined genetic, behavioural and morphological study.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

indicus Hartert, 1910 - Eastern Himalayas east to Myanmar, southern China (Yunnan), west, northern and eastern Thailand and Indochina.
sinensis Gould, 1866 - Southern and eastern China (eastern from extreme eastern Qinghai and western Sichuan), including Hainan I.
frontalis Blyth, 1847 - Central and southern Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias I, and lowland Borneo.
borneensis (Sharpe, 1889) - Highland Borneo.
chaseni Meyer de Schauensee, 1940 - Batu Is, off western Sumatra.
leschenaulti (Vieillot, 1818) - Java and Bali.

Similar Species
Bornean Forktail (Enicurus borneensis) which is larger and has a longer tail, and white on crown does not extend as far back.

References
See References.

Files:

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