Black-backed Forktail

How to identify

Field marks

1. A single broad white stripe across the forehead
2. Black crown and back; white underparts
3. A single broad white wing-bar
4. Long, deeply forked tail, black-and-white

Male, female and young

Sexes are identical in appearance; juvenile lacks the conspicuous white forehead stripe, and areas that are black in the adult are smoky-brown or dusky in the juvenile.

Voice

Short whistles, like “tseep-dew” or “hurt-zeee”.

Where and when it's recorded

Black-backed Forktail has been recorded at 101 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 7 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Dihing Patkai NP – SoraipungIndia532 records
2. Dihing Patkai NP – SoraipungIndia456 records
3. Garbhanga Reserve ForestIndia216 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaThailandNepalBangladeshChinaBhutanMyanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus), occasionally referred to as the black-throated forktail, is a forktail species in the family Muscicapidae. The species was described in 1836, from a specimen collected in Nepal. It is a medium-sized forktail, weighing between 25 and 29 grams, with a length of 20.5 to 23 centimetres (8+1⁄8 to 9 in).

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