Red-tailed shrike
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The red-tailed shrike or Turkestan shrike[1] (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.[2]
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
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At the Zambezi river, Mozambique
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Eggs MHNT
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Cuculus canorus in a clutch of Lanius phoenicuroides - MHNT
References
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- ↑ Message, Stephen (2001) "The Turkestan Shrike in Kent" Birding World 14(10):432–434
- ↑ .Worfolk, Tim (2000) "Identification of red-backed, isabelline and brown shrikes" Dutch Birding 22 (6): 323–362
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External links
- Oiseaux Pictures
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