Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

The bar-winged flycatcher-shrike is a small passerine of forests in tropical southern Asia, from the Himalayas and the hills of southern India to Indonesia. It is mainly insectivorous, hunting in the mid-canopy and often joining mixed-species flocks, perching upright and gleaning insects. It is black-capped with black wings contrasting with a white body, a white wing slash and a white rump. Males are velvety black and females greyish brown, though this varies by population (Wikipedia, general species account).

The Sri Lankan population, leggei, lacks sexual dimorphism in plumage, and pairs have been reported to duet with precision. The call is a rapid, high tsit-it-it-it or a whriri-whirriri-whirriri. Young birds have a broken white-and-grey pattern like lichen. Nationally Least Concern (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).