Red-tailed shrike
Red-tailed shrike | |
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Not recognized (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Laniidae |
Genus: | Lanius |
Species: | L. phoenicuroides |
Binomial name | |
Lanius phoenicuroides Schalow, 1875 | |
Breeding range of Lanius (isabellinus) phoenicuroides
Breeding range of Lanius isabellinus Overwintering range |
The red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the isabelline shrike and the red-backed shrike.
Description
The plumage is a sandy colour. It has a red tail.
Range
The red-tailed shrike breeds in south Siberia and central Asia.
Habits
This migratory medium-sized passerine eats large insects, small birds, rodents and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a larder. It breeds in open cultivated country, preferably with thorn bushes.
Gallery
- A red-tailed shrike at the Zambezi river, Mozambique
- Eggs of Red-tailed shrike MHNT
References
- Worfolk, Tim (2000) Identification of red-backed, isabelline and brown shrikes Dutch Birding 22 (6): 323-362
- Message, Stephen (2001) The Turkestan Shrike in Kent Birding World 14(10):432-434
External links
- Oiseaux Pictures
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