Little Forktail
Enicurus scouleriVigors, NA, 1832
English (US) Little Forktail
The Little Forktail (Enicurus scouleri) 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: mountains of eastern Uzbekistan and northeastern Afghanistan through the Himalayas eastward to southeastern China and Taiwan, and southward to northern IndochinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Enicurus scouleri
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Little Forktail
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1832
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Enicurus Scouleri
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1832
- Type locality
- Himalayas; restricted to Simla by Baker, 1924, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 2, p. 65.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.14 p.174
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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