Chestnut-naped Forktail
Enicurus ruficapillusTemminck, CJ, 1832
English (US) Chestnut-naped Forktail
The Chestnut-naped Forktail (Enicurus ruficapillus) 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.
Range: southern Myanmar to southern Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, and BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Enicurus ruficapillus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Chestnut-naped Forktail
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1832
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Enicurus rufficapillus
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1832
- Type locality
- Palembang, Sumatra.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.90, vol.3 pl.534
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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