{{Short description|Genus of birds}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Hemipus hirundinaceus.jpg | image_caption = Black-winged flycatcher-shrike (''H. hirundinaceus'') | taxon = Hemipus | authority = Hodgson, 1844 | type_species = ''Hemipus picaecolor''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/checklist?viewfamilies=134 |title= Vangidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}</ref> | type_species_authority = Hodgson, 1844 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''H. hirundinaceus'' * ''H. picatus'' }}
The '''flycatcher-shrikes''' are two species of small Asian passerine bird belonging to the genus '''''Hemipus'''''. They are now usually placed in the Vangidae.
==Description== They are {{convert|12.5|to|14.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length.<ref name=Robson>Robson, Craig (2002) ''A Field Guide to the Birds of South-east Asia'', New Holland, London.</ref> They are slender birds with fairly long wings and tails. The bill and feet are black.<ref name=MacKinnon>MacKinnon, John & Phillipps, Karen (1993) ''A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali'', Oxford University Press, Oxford.</ref> The plumage is dark above and pale below with white on the rump. The bar-winged flycatcher-shrike has a large white patch on the wing which the black-winged flycatcher-shrike lacks.<ref name=Robson/>
==Distribution and range== They are found in broad-leaved forest, forest edge and secondary forest in southern Asia. Both species have large ranges and are not considered to be threatened. The bar-winged flycatcher-shrike occurs in the Indian subcontinent, south-west China, mainland South-east Asia and on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.<ref name=Robson/> The black-winged flycatcher-shrike is found in the Malay Peninsula and on Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Bali.<ref name=MacKinnon/>
==Behaviour== They forage actively in the forest canopy for insects. They are often found in groups and frequently join mixed-species foraging flocks.<ref name=MacKinnon/> They will also catch insects in flight.<ref name=Perrins>Perrins, Christopher, ''ed.'' (2004) ''The New Encyclopedia of Birds'', Oxford University Press, Oxford.</ref>
The nest is cup-shaped and built on a tree branch. Two or three eggs are laid; they are greenish or pinkish with darker markings.<ref name=Robson/> Both parents are involved in building the nest, incubating the eggs and rearing the young.<ref name=Perrins/>
==Species list== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || ''Hemipus hirundinaceus'' ||Black-winged flycatcher-shrike ||Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Bali. |- |120px || ''Hemipus picatus'' ||Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike ||Indomalaya |- |}
==See also== The two shrike-flycatcher species of Africa are also occasionally known as flycatcher-shrikes: * Crested flycatcher-shrike: see black-and-white shrike-flycatcher (''Bias musicus'') * Red-eyed flycatcher-shrike: see African shrike-flycatcher (''Megabyas flammulatus'')
==References== {{Reflist}}
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* Category:Birds of Indomalaya Category:Taxa named by Brian Houghton Hodgson