Slaty-backed Forktail
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Slaty-backed Forktail

Enicurus schistaceus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Chitwan National Park
1 Verified records at Chitwan National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus) is a species of forktail in the family Muscicapidae. A slim, medium-sized forktail, it is distinguished from similar species by its slate grey forehead, crown, and mantle. It has a long and deeply forked tail banded in black and white, a white rump, and a white bar across its primary feathers; the rest of the plumage is predominantly white. The sexes look alike. The bird frequents the edges of fast-flowing streams and rivers, where it hunts small invertebrates by hopping among rocks or flying out over the water. It breeds between February and July, laying 3–4 pinkish, bluish, or white eggs; both sexes incubate the eggs. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Chitwan National Park

Black-backed Forktail
LC

Black-backed Forktail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Enicurus immaculatus

5–10% · With luck
Spotted Forktail
LC

Spotted Forktail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Enicurus maculatus

Insufficient data
Little Forktail
LC Endemic

Little Forktail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Enicurus scouleri

Insufficient data
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

50–60% · Likely
Pied Bushchat
LC

Pied Bushchat

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicola caprata

40–50% · Likely
Siberian Stonechat

Siberian Stonechat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saxicola maurus

30–40% · Possible
Taiga Flycatcher
LC

Taiga Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ficedula albicilla

30–40% · Possible
White-rumped Shama
LC

White-rumped Shama

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus malabaricus

20–30% · Possible
White-tailed Stonechat
LC

White-tailed Stonechat

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicola leucurus

10–20% · With luck
Pale-chinned Blue-Flycatcher
LC

Pale-chinned Blue-Flycatcher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyornis poliogenys

10–20% · With luck
Black Redstart
LC

Black Redstart

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoenicurus ochruros

5–10% · With luck
Verditer Flycatcher
LC

Verditer Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Eumyias thalassinus

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Slaty-backed Forktail at Chitwan National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
50–60%
2 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
30–40%
3 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
20–30%
4 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
20–30%
5 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
6 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
7 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
8 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
9 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
10 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
11 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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