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[[Image:IMG 0427ab.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|paux|paux}}<br />Shaanxi, [[China]], May 2011]]
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[[Image:White-crowned_forktail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by horukuru<br>Location: kinabalu national park, sabah, malaysia, borneo ]]
 
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[[Image:White-crowned_forktail_juv.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Karim Madoya<br>Location: Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Enicurus|Enicurus]] leschenaulti
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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28cm.  Black mantle and breast, white from bill to nape, dark wings with white bar, banded black and white tail, white rump and abdomen, legs pinkish, and bill black.
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28cm
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*Black mantle and breast
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*White from bill to nape
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*Dark wings
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*White wing bar,  
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*Black and white banded tail
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*White rump and abdomen
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*Pinkish legs
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*Black bill
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Brunei]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Laos]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].  
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[[Image:White-crowned_forktail_juv.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Karim+Madoya|Karim Madoya}}<br />[[Kinabalu National Park]], [[Malaysia]], July 2008]]
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[[Asia]]: found in [[China]] and [[India]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Lesser Sundas]] and [[Bali]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 6 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''E. l. indicus'':
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:*[[Himalayas]] of north-eastern [[India]] to [[Myanmar]], northern [[Thailand]] and [[Indochina]]
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*''E. l. sinensis'':
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:*Western and southern [[China]]; Hainan
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*''E. l. frontalis'':
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:*[[Malaysia]], [[Sumatra]], Nias Island. and lowlands of [[Borneo]]
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*''E. l. chaseni'':
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:*Tanahmasa Island (Batu Islands off western Sumatra)
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*''E. l. leschenaulti'':
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:*[[Java]] and [[Bali]]
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*''E. l. borneensis'':
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:*Mountains of northern Borneo
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Fast-flowing streams and rivers in dense evergreen forest.
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Montane forest floor along fast running streams.
 
==Behaviour==
 
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes aquatic insects and their larvae.
 
The diet includes aquatic insects and their larvae.
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====Breeding====
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It breeds between April–June, building a nest of moss, leaves and rootlets, in overgrown bank, rocks or boulders; 3-4 eggs are laid.
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Breeding takes place between April–June. The nest is built from moss, leaves and rootlets, in overgrown bank, rocks or boulders. The clutch consists of 3-4 eggs.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Avibase
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Enicurus+leschenaulti}}
 
{{GSearch|Enicurus+leschenaulti}}
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{{Video|White_crowned_Forktail}}
  
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Enicurus]]
 

Revision as of 19:07, 5 April 2012

Photo by paux
Shaanxi, China, May 2011
Enicurus leschenaulti

Identification

28cm

  • Black mantle and breast
  • White from bill to nape
  • Dark wings
  • White wing bar,
  • Black and white banded tail
  • White rump and abdomen
  • Pinkish legs
  • Black bill

Distribution

Juvenile
Photo by Karim Madoya
Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia, July 2008

Asia: found in China and India
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas and Bali.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies[1]:

  • E. l. indicus:
  • E. l. sinensis:
  • Western and southern China; Hainan
  • E. l. frontalis:
  • E. l. chaseni:
  • Tanahmasa Island (Batu Islands off western Sumatra)
  • E. l. leschenaulti:
  • E. l. borneensis:
  • Mountains of northern Borneo

Habitat

Montane forest floor along fast running streams.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes aquatic insects and their larvae.

Breeding

Breeding takes place between April–June. The nest is built from moss, leaves and rootlets, in overgrown bank, rocks or boulders. The clutch consists of 3-4 eggs.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Avibase

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External Links


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