VangidaeHemipus

Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike

Hemipus picatus

15–15 cmSmall

Beak: —
Feet: —
Crest: No crest

Resident. Himalayas, hills of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Dark cap contrasts with white sides of throat; has white patch and white rump. Female has brown cap. Males of northern populations a rebrown-backed and in peninsular India and Sri Lanka are black-backed. irirt. a high-pitched trilling sisisisisisi and an insistent tit - like chip. Broadleaved forest and forest edges

Colour

WhiteBrownBlack

Average size: 15 cm
Habitat: Broadleaved forest and forest edges
Behaviour: Resident., irirt. a high-pitched trilling sisisisisisi and an insistent tit - like chip.

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Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike is bigger than Black-throated Accentor but smaller than Altai Accentor.

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Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike

Hemipus picatus

15–15 cm

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