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title: "Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike"
description: "Hemipus picatus — Birds. The bar-winged flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus) is a small passerine bird usually placed in the Vangidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/bar-winged-flycatcher-shrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

> Hemipus picatus — Birds. The bar-winged flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus) is a small passerine bird usually placed in the Vangidae.

- Scientific name: *Hemipus picatus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1632
- Wikidata: [Q1313753](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1313753)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7847](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7847)

## Names

- en: Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
- de: Elsterraupenschmätzer
- es: Oruguero alibarrado
- fr: Hémipe gobemouche
- nl: Bonte dwergtriller
- pl: Kruczynek białoskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

IN (453), TH (304), VN (191), MY (163), LK (156), CN (41), BT (19), ID (17), BD (15), KH (15), MM (13), NP (13)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-winged_flycatcher-shrike

## Photo

![Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bar-winged-flycatcher-shrike/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sri Srikumar · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/377149483

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bar-winged-flycatcher-shrike?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).