Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike vs Bernier's Vanga

Hemipus picatus compared with Oriolia bernieri

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Bernier's Vanga
Scientific Name Hemipus picatus Oriolia bernieri
Order Passeriformes Passeriformes
Family Vangidae Vangidae
Conservation Status Least Concern Endangered
Length — —
Wingspan 12.1 cm (4.8 in) 24.1 cm (9.5 in)
Weight 9.166666666666666 g (0.32 oz) 55.5 g (1.96 oz)
Diet -- --
Clutch Size 2-3 3
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike only

Bernier's Vanga only

None

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

Endangered

Bernier's Vanga

About These Birds

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

The Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike is a small passerine of the family Vangidae found in forests and forest edges from the Himalayas through Southeast Asia to Sumatra. Weighing about 9.2g with a wingspan of 12.1cm, it has black-and-white plumage with a distinctive white wing-bar. It forages in the canopy and sub-canopy, sallying for insects and joining mixed-species flocks.

Bernier's Vanga

Bernier's Vanga is an endangered, large-bodied vanga found in the humid primary lowland rainforests of eastern Madagascar. It has a stout, hooked blue-grey bill, white underparts, and dark blue-black upperparts. It forages in the forest mid-canopy and undergrowth for large insects, lizards, and small vertebrates, and is threatened by severe deforestation.

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