ML704419 IBC 1008521
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Media notes
A bird perched on a rock, close tot the water. Published in HBW Volume 10 on page 543. Original HBW caption: The Enicurus forktails defy comfortable placement in any taxonomic sequence. They have sometimes been grouped with babblers (Timaliidae), or isolated in their own family (Enicuridae), and while they are now generally thought to be thrushes, they are so clearly divergent that they are provisionally allocated to a separate tribe alongside the saxicoline chat radiation, amongst which no obvious relatives can be found. Like all forktails, the Slaty-backed Forktail is a beautiful, elegant bird with a deeply bifurcate tail, strikingly pied plumage and delicate pinkish-white legs. Its life is spent exclusively in the vicinity of noisy streams, where its voice is reduced to a shrill whistle. Original IBC location name and coordinates: Guangdong (23.3019,113.269). Elevation: 3 m. Date added to IBC: June 21, 2016.
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Technical information
- Dimensions
- 1800 pixels x 1117 pixels
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 30 Jan 2020 - Matthew D. Medler
- Digitized
- 30 Jan 2020 - Matthew D. Medler