spotted forktail

The spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

It is found in the Himalayas, Bangladesh, Northeast India, Myanmar, Yunnan and southern China. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Features: 25 cm with long tail. Sexes alike. White forehead, fore crown; black crown,nape;black back spotted white; broad, white wing-bar, rump; deeply forked, graduated black and white tail; black till breast, white below. The white spotted back easily identifies this species from other similar sized fork-tails in the Himalaya. Solitary or in scattered pairs; active bird, moving on mossy boulders at water's edge or in mid- stream; long, forked tail gracefully swayed, almost always kept horizontal; flies low over streams, calling; sometimes rests in shade of forest; commonly seen bird of the Himalaya. Food: aquatic insects, molluscs. Voice: shrill, screechy KREE call, mostly in flight; also some shrill,squeaky notes on perch. Range: the Himalaya; breeds mostly 1200–3600 m; descends to about 600 m in winter. Habitat: boulder- strewn torrents, forest streams, road side canals.

Catalan: enicur ocel·lat
Czech: drozdek skvrnitohřbetý, Drozdencík skvrnitý, modráček skvrnitohřbetý
Danish: Plettet Kløfthale, Plettet vipstjertdrossel
German: Fleckenscherenschwanz, Flecken-Scherenschwanz
English: Spotted Forktail
Spanish: Enicurino Moteado, Torrentero Moteado
Spanish (Spain): Torrentero Moteado
Estonian: tähnik-käärsaba
Finnish: Pitsihaarapyrstö
French: Enicure tacheté, Énicure tacheté
Hungarian: foltos villásrigó
Italian: Codaforcuta macchiato, Codaforcuta maculato
Japanese: se-boshi enbi shiki-cho, seboshiembishikichou, seboshienbishikichou
Japanese: セボシエンビシキチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): 背星燕尾四季鳥
Latin: Enicurus maculatus, Enicurus maculatus maculatus
Lithuanian: Dėmėtasis šakotuodegis strazdas
Latvian: punktainā dakšaste
Dutch: Gevlekte Vorkstaart
Norwegian: Flekkløftstjert
Polish: widlogon plamisty, widłogon plamisty
Pinyin: bān-bèi yàn-wěi
Russian: Пятнистая вилохвостка, Пятнистый пегий дрозд
Slovak: vidličiarka bodkovaná
Swedish: Fläckig klyvstjärt
Vietnamese: Chích chòe nước đốm trắng, Chim Chích chòe nước đốm trắng, Chim Chích chòe nước lưng đốm
Chinese: 斑背燕尾
Chinese (Traditional): 斑背燕尾