Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus)

Other Names (World)
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike, Pied Flycatcher-shrike, Pygmy Triller, Pygmy Cuckoo-shrike

Family
Vangidae (Vangas And Allies)

Size
12.50 - 14.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sykes, 1832)

Habitat
Primary and secondary hill to lower montane and upland kerangas forest. From 500 - 1,500 m, occasionally to 1,830 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Solitary or in pairs. Often in mixed feeding flocks.

Voice
A rapid and high-pitched 'tsit-it-it-it' or 'whriri-whirriri-whirriri'. Also a sharp 'chip'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus) [XC788281]
by Vikrant Prabhulkar from Idukki (near Pallivasal), Kerala, India (call)

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus) [XC829341]
by id from Phu Chi Dao, Wiang Kaen District, Chiang Rai, Thailand (song)

Nest
A neat cup bound with spiders web, lined with fine grasses, placed on a horizontal branch.

Eggs (Guide)
2 - 3; pale greenish-white with black and grey blotches. Incubation: by both sexes.

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

capitalis (Horsfield, 1840) - Himalayas (eastern from northern India), southern China (south-eastern Xizang, western and southern Yunnan, southern and central Guizhou, western Guangxi), north, central and eastern Myanmar, north-western Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam (western Tonkin).
picatus (Sykes, 1832) - Western, central and eastern India, Bangladesh, western and southern Myanmar, western and eastern Thailand and central and southern Indochina.
leggei Whistler, 1939 - Sri Lanka.
intermedius Salvadori, 1879 - Southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and north-eastern Borneo.

Similar Species
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus hirundinaceus) which lacks white on the wings.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus) - 10 files

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