Bar winged flycatcher shrike

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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 498/516 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..BAR WINGED FLYCATCHER SHRIKE..[From a Photograph of MR. DIBYENDU ASH] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2015... he bar-winged flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus) is a small passerine bird currently placed in the cuckoo-shrike family but possibly closer to the bushshrikes of Africa. It is found in the forests of tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas and hills of the Indian subcontinent east 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 uprigh