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Bornean forktail

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Bornean forktail
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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]

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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]

  • a recognizably different type of mitochondrial DNA
  • the reduced extent of the white forehead shield, which does not cover the crown
  • its larger size and longer tail with four, rather than five, white tail patches
  • different calls
  • different habitat, with the Bornean forktail replacing the lowland dwelling white-crowned forktail in the mountains and in submontane areas.
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