Spotted Forktail
Enicurus maculatus Vigors, 1831
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Forktail, Enicurus maculatus, is a passerine of the family Muscicapidae that breeds across the Oriental Region from eastern Afghanistan to south-eastern Vietnam. It is a montane forest bird, usually associated with boulder-strewn torrents, forest streams and roadside canals. Its most distinctive feature is the white-spotted black back, which sets it apart from other forktails of similar size. The sexes are alike, with a white forehead, black crown and nape, a black back marked with white, a broad white wing bar, and a deeply forked tail patterned in black and white. It was described by Vigors in 1831.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: e Afghanistan to sc Vietnam
