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Hemipus

  • Bar-Winged Flycatcher-Shrike

    Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike 
    (Phường chèo đen, Hemipus picatus)

    The bar-winged flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus) is a small passerine bird placed in the family Vangidae.
    The bird is found in the forests of tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas and hills of southern India to Indonesia. 

    Vangidae: from Vanga Malagasy name Vanga pied bird, for the Hook-billed Vanga: Vanga curvirostris.
    Hemipus Greek hemi- half-, small; pous foot.
    picata, picatus: Latin picatus bedaubed or smeared with tar.
    pix, picis: pitch.
    Latin pica: magpie.

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