Red-tailed shrike

The red-tailed shrike or Turkestan shrike,[2] (Lanius phoenicuroides) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the isabelline shrike and the red-backed shrike.

Red-tailed shrike
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

Description

The plumage is a sandy colour. It has a red tail.[3]

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.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Lanius phoenicuroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Message, Stephen (2001) "The Turkestan Shrike in Kent" Birding World 14(10):432–434
  3. .Worfolk, Tim (2000) "Identification of red-backed, isabelline and brown shrikes" Dutch Birding 22 (6): 323–362


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.