Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike - BirdForum Opus

Photo by James Williams
Dandeli Tiger Reserve, Karnataka, Southern India, February 2007

Hemipus picatus

Identification

14–15 cm (5½-6 in)
Male

• Shiny black upperparts
• Grey underparts
• White tail edges, rump, moustachial stripes and wing bars
• Strong dark beak
• Long wings
  

Female: similar, but brown above

Distribution

Asia: China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra

Taxonomy

Photo by jasnjohn
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, 2008

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• H. p. capitalis:

• Himalayas to northern Burma, south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Indochina

• H. p. picatus:

• Peninsular India to southern Burma, southern Thailand and southern Indochina

• H. p. intermedius:

• Peninsular Thailand to north-western Malaysia, Sumatra and north-eastern Borneo

• H. p. leggei:

• Sri Lanka

Habitat

Broadleaved forest, forest edges and scrub in hilly country.

Behaviour

Breeding

Two or three spotted green eggs are laid in a cup-shaped nest and incubated by the female.

Diet

The diet consists of insects such as butterflies, beetles and winged ants.

Photo by Alok Tewari
Sat Tal Forest. Alt. 5500, Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, March-2018

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Dec 2017)
4. Wikipedia
5. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bar-winged_Flycatcher-shrike

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