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Also known as Hemipus

The flycatcher-shrikes are two species of small Asian passerine bird belonging to the genus Hemipus. They are now usually placed in the Vangidae.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Flycatcher-shrike is referenced by 170 other articles, and connects out to Monarchidae, passerines and drongo.

It sits within the topics Birds of Indomalaya, Hemipus and Taxa named by Brian Houghton Hodgson.

Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Vangidae
Image
Hemipus hirundinaceus.jpg
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Commons category
Hemipus
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Hemipus
topic's main category
Category:Hemipus
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6 sections
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  • Description
  • Distribution and range
  • Behaviour
  • Species list
  • See also
  • References

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 in length. They are slender birds with fairly long wings and tails. The bill and feet are black. 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Flycatcher-shrike” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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