forktail

Split-tailed songbird

A forktail is any of several small Asian birds with distinctively forked tails, typically found near streams in forested areas.

The term also applies to various other birds and fish whose tails split into two points.

As a compound, fork-tailed appears as a modifier: fork-tailed flycatcher, fork-tailed drongo.

bird

plumage

Bird's complete feather coat

nesting · migration · habitat · species · endemic · insectivorous · perching · foraging · songbird · fledgling

asymmetry

imbalance

Lack of proportion

irregularity · skewness · divergence · variation · deviation · mismatch · disparity · contrast · bifurcation · split

tail

streamer

Narrow decorative ribbon

filament · wisp · trail · cascade · split · bifurcated · elongated · graduated · scissored · notched

Categories
Opposites
tail shape

forktailfantail

Radial plume arrangement

pintail · bobtail · short-tailed

bird taxonomy/type

forktailswallow

Send down the throat

wagtail · dipper · robin · thrush · martin

Family

tail, fork, forked, tailed, pitchfork, forking, spork, unforked, tuning fork

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