Little Forktail (Enicurus scouleri) | Details

Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	6,870,000 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	6,330,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as uncommon in the Tien Shan and Pamir-Alai areas, locally frequent, although generally uncommon in Pakistan and fairly common in Nepal (del Hoyo et al. 2005), while national population sizes have been estimated at c.100-10,000 breeding pairs in China and c.100-10,000 breeding pairs in Taiwan (Brazil 2009).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Afghanistan	extant	native	yes
Bangladesh	extant	native	yes
Bhutan	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native	yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native	yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Pakistan	extant	native	yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native	yes
Tajikistan	extant	native	yes
Uzbekistan	extant	native	yes
Vietnam	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 600 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/little-forktail-enicurus-scouleri on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.