Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Hemipus picatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTephrodornithidae
- GenusHemipus (Flycatcher-shrikes)
- SpeciesHemipus picatus (Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike)
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. They perch upright and have a distinctive pattern of black and white, males being more shiny black than the females. In some populations the colour of the back is brownish while others have a dark wash on the underside. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike sighting in Yala National Park, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Yala National Park
Sri Lanka Woodshrike
Tephrodornis affinis
Indian Robin
Saxicoloides fulicatus
Yellow-billed Babbler
Turdoides affinis
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
White-browed Fantail
Rhipidura aureola
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Leptocoma zeylonica
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone paradisi
Black-hooded Oriole
Oriolus xanthornus
White-browed Bulbul
Pycnonotus luteolus
Common Iora
Aegithina tiphia
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike in Yala National Park?
About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike sighting in Yala National Park, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike in Yala National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike in Yala National Park in our monthly data.