Hemipus picatus
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In 3 days <5%
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.
The bar-winged flycatcher-shrike is black capped with black wings that contrast with the white of the body. A white slash across the wing and a white rump stand out in contrast. They sit upright on branches, flying around to glean insects. The nostril is hidden by hairs and the upper mandible of the beak has a curved tip. Males are velvety black while females tend to be greyish brown but the pattern varies across the geographic populations. Both males and females of the Himalayan H. p. capitalis have a brown back but the males have a black head. The Sri Lankan population leggei lacks sexual dimorphism in plumage. H... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dehradun | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike sighting in Kathmandu on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 247th most-seen of the 312 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike in Kathmandu on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike sightings, Kathmandu ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Dehradun (India, about 10%) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike that you can see in Kathmandu (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are House Crow (about 90%), Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 80%) and Barn Swallow (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Kathmandu (19 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
