Hemipus picatus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike sighting in Periyar National Park on a given day, based on 276 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 119th most-seen of the 227 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike in Periyar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–June, August and October–December, the lowest months. That is one of Periyar National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 410 mm in August.
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.
14th of 32
Of the 32 parks where we can rate Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike sightings, Periyar National Park ranks 14th at about 10%. The best odds are in Khao Luang National Park (Thailand, about 40%), Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 30%) and Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Periyar National Park (276 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
