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 →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 170 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Hemipus hirundinaceus
Large Woodshrike
Tephrodornis virgatus
Maroon-breasted Philentoma
Philentoma velata
Rufous-winged Philentoma
Philentoma pyrhoptera
Bornean Treepie
Dendrocitta cinerascens
Indigo Flycatcher
Eumyias indigo
Yellow-breasted Warbler
Seicercus montis
Black-capped White-eye
Zosterops atricapilla
Temminck's Sunbird
Aethopyga temminckii
Mountain Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus trivirgatus
Bornean Whistler
Pachycephala hypoxantha
Chestnut-crested Yuhina
Staphida everetti
📅 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 Kinabalu Park?
About 8% of wildlife watchers report a Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 170 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike in Kinabalu Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike in Kinabalu Park in our monthly data.