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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
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Little Forktail
Described by
Vigors, NA, 1832

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Taxonomic 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.

See all 352 species of the family Muscicapidae