Enicurus velatus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Sunda forktail (Enicurus velatus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is restricted to the islands of Java and Sumatra. Its natural habitat is boulder strewn streams in tropical moist montane forest from 600–2000 m. More rarely the species occurs closer to sea level. The species is common in Sumatra, but is rarer in Java, where the white-crowned forktail is more common.
The Sunda forktail was formally described and illustrated in 1822 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck under the binomial name Enicurus velatus. The specific epithet velatus is Latin meaning "veiled". Two subspecies are recognised:
The male has a white breast, belly and rump, and black wings, and a dark grey back and head. There is a small white line between the eyes. The tail is black with white barring. The female is similar to the male but has a brown crown and nape. The nominate race is found on Java. The Sumatran subspecies, sumatranus, differs... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Sunda Forktail sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Sunda Forktail in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–March, May and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sunda Forktail sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kerinci Seblat National Park, in our data
Kerinci Seblat National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sunda Forktail sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sunda Forktail is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (13 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
