Spotted Forktail
Enicurus maculatusVigors, NA, 1831
English (US) Spotted Forktail
The Spotted Forktail (Enicurus maculatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Enicurus maculatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spotted Forktail
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Enicurus maculatus maculatus
- Enicurus maculatus guttatus
- Enicurus maculatus bacatus
- Enicurus maculatus robinsoni
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1831
- Type locality
- Himalaya ; restricted to Simla by Baker, 1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 27, p. 711.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.1 p.9
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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