Bornean forktail

Bornean forktail
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Enicurus
Species: E. borneensis
Binomial name
Enicurus borneensis
Sharpe, 1889
Synonyms
  • Enicurus leschenaulti borneensis

The Bornean forktail (Enicurus borneensis) is a small, black and white bird, with a long and deeply forked tail, in the Old World flycatcher family. It is endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, where it occupies streamside habitats in montane primary forest.[1]

Taxonomy

It is closely related to the very similar white-crowned forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti) of which it is sometimes considered a subspecies,[2] and from which it was split because of:[3]

References

  1. Phillipps, Quentin; & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
  2. "Bornean Forktail". Species factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
  3. Moyle, Robert G.; Schilthuizen, Menno; Rahman, Mustafa A.; & Sheldon, Frederick H. (2005). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the white-crowned forktail Enicurus leschenaulti in Borneo". Journal of Avian Biology 36 (2): 96–101. doi:10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03510.x.


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