Appearance
Features: 25 cm with long tail. Sexes alike. White forehead, fore crown; black crown,nape;black back spotted white; broad, white wing-bar, rump; deeply forked, graduated black and white tail; black till breast, white below. The white spotted back easily identifies this species from other similar sized fork-tails in the Himalaya.Solitary or in scattered pairs; active bird, moving on mossy boulders at water's edge or in mid- stream; long, forked tail gracefully swayed, almost always kept horizontal; flies low over streams, calling; sometimes rests in shade of forest; commonly seen bird of the Himalaya.
Distribution
Range: the Himalaya; breeds mostly 1200-3600m; descends to about 600m in winter.Behavior
Voice: shrill, screechy KREE call, mostly in flight; also some shrill,squeaky notes on perch.Habitat
Habitat: boulder- strewn torrents, forest streams, road side canals.Food
Food: aquatic insects, molluscs.References:
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