Bar-winged Flycatcher Shrike (Pied flycatcher-shrike) - Hemipus picatus
I am scraping the bottom of the barrel for decent images from Sri Lanka now (any decent images !) but this bird was seen from a restaurant on the way to Yala from the high tea country. This is the Sri Lankan endemic race "leggei". It is found throughout the island in any good stand of forest and prefers the canopy. I was lucky here because I was on the side of a steep hill and at canopy level.
It reminds me of a slim version of a pied flycatcher from home. Smart bird - an exciting bird.
Bar-winged Flycatcher Shrike (Pied flycatcher-shrike)
Hemipus picatus
Somewhere on the way to Yala from the tea country ! Sri lanka
April 2011
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