White-crowned Forktail

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)

White-crowned Forktail

Enicurus leschenaulti

白额燕尾 (bái é yàn-wěi) / 白冠燕尾 (bái-guān yàn-wěi) /
白顶黑背燕尾 (bái-dǐng hēi-bèi yàn-wěi)

    Malay : Cegar Raya Biasa

    Japanese : エンビシキチョウ (enbi shiki-chō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 燕尾四季鳥

    Size : 25–28cm; 27–38g (up to 53g also reported)

    Subspecies (5) and Distribution

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    White-crowned Forktail (Northern) Enicurus leschenaulti sinensis/indicus

• Enicurus leschenaulti indicus (Hartert, EJO 1910)
  – Eastern Himalayas (from Sikkim and northern West Bengal) east to Myanmar, southern China (Yunnan), western, northern, and eastern Thailand and Indochina.
• Enicurus leschenaulti sinensis (Gould, J 1866)
  – Southern and eastern China (east from extreme eastern Qinghai, southern Gansu, and Sichuan to Zhejiang and Guangdong), including Hainan.

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    White-crowned Forktail (Malaysian) Enicurus leschenaulti frontalis/chaseni

• Enicurus leschenaulti frontalis (Blyth, E 1847)
  – Central and southern Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias Island, and lowland Borneo.
• Enicurus leschenaulti chaseni (Meyer de Schauensee, R 1940)
  – Batu Islands, off western Sumatra.

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    White-crowned Forktail (Javan) Enicurus leschenaulti leschenaulti

• Enicurus leschenaulti leschenaulti (Vieillot, LJP 1818)
  – Java and Bali.

Enicurus leschenaulti frontalis
Date : 02 August 2026

Location : Taman Eko Rimba Kledang Saiong, Bandar Meru Raya, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Enicurus leschenaulti frontalis
Date : 02 August 2026

Location : Taman Eko Rimba Kledang Saiong, Bandar Meru Raya, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Enicurus leschenaulti frontalis
Date : 18 July 2026

Location : Taman Eko Rimba Kledang Saiong, Bandar Meru Raya, Daerah Kinta, Perak