Sunda Forktail (Enicurus velatus)
About the Sunda Forktail
The Sunda forktail (Enicurus velatus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is restricted to the islands of Java and Sumatra. Its natural habitat is boulder strewn streams in tropical moist montane forest from 600–2000 m. More rarely the species occurs closer to sea level. The species is common in Sumatra, but is rarer in Java, where the white-crowned forktail is more common. The Sunda forktail was formally described and illustrated in 1822 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck under the binomial name Enicurus velatus. The specific epithet velatus is Latin meaning "veiled". Two subspecies are recognised: E. v. sumatranus Robinson & Kloss, 1923 – montane Sumatra E. v. velatus Temminck, 1822 – montane Java.
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.