Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

How to identify

Field marks

1. Black cap and wings contrasting strongly with the white body
2. A single diagonal white stripe on the wing; white rump
3. Black tail with white outer tail feathers
4. Upright posture when perched

Male, female and young

The male is velvety black and the female mostly gray-brown, with plumage varying among populations; juveniles are said to be mottled white and gray like lichen.

Voice

A rapid, high-pitched “tsit-it-it-it” or “whriri-whirriri-whirriri”, with an occasional sharp “chip”.

Where and when it's recorded

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike has been recorded at 427 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 13 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia1,308 records
2. Bondla Wildlife SanctuaryIndia723 records
3. Kaeng Krachan NPThailand548 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ThailandIndiaMalaysiaVietnamSri LankaCambodiaChinaNepal

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The bar-winged flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus) is a small passerine bird usually placed in the Vangidae. It is found in the forests of tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas and hills of southern India to Indonesia. Mainly insectivorous it is found hunting in the mid-canopy of forests, often joining mixed-species foraging flocks.

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