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title: "White-crowned Forktail"
description: "Enicurus leschenaulti — Aves. The white-crowned forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti) is a species of forktail in the family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-crowned-forktail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-crowned Forktail

> Enicurus leschenaulti — Aves. The white-crowned forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti) is a species of forktail in the family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Enicurus leschenaulti*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 707
- Wikidata: [Q1588883](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588883)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13092](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13092)

## Names

- en: White-crowned Forktail
- de: Weißscheitelscherenschwanz
- es: Torrentero Coroniblanco
- fr: Énicure de Leschenault
- pl: Widłogon białoczuby

## Countries with the most observations

CN (406), ID (76), TH (54), MY (33), IN (20), MM (6)

## Summary

The white-crowned forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti) is a species of forktail in the family Muscicapidae. Formally described in 1818, it has five subspecies, each occupying a different geographic range. The largest of the forktails, Enicurus leschenaulti, is between 25 and 28 centimetres (9.8 and 11.0 in) long. It has a black throat and breast, black mantle, and largely black wings. The rump and lower back are white, and the bird has a prominent white crown, from which it gets its name. As with other forktails, the tail is long, deeply forked, and banded in black and white. A variety of whistling and clicking calls…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crowned_forktail

## Photo

![White-crowned Forktail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-crowned-forktail/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203187399

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-crowned-forktail?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).