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Lanius schach

[edit] Identification

Grey head and mantle, black mask, underparts are white, but with rufous flanks. The bill and legs are nearly black.

[edit] Distribution

From north-eastern Iran over Pakistan, India, the Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Burma and Indochina to Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Also in south and east China, Taiwan and the Philippines.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• L. s. erythronotus:

• North-eastern Iran to Pakistan and northern India

• L. s. caniceps: Western and southern India and Sri Lanka
• L. s. schach: Eastern and southern China, Taiwan and Hainan
• L. s. tricolor: Nepal to northern Myanmar, Yunnan, northern Laos and northern Thailand
• L. s. bentet:

• Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Lesser Sundas

• L. s. longicaudatus:

• Central and south-eastern Thailand

• L. s. nasutus:

• Philippine Islands

• L. s. suluensis:

• Sulu Archipelago

• L. s. stresemanni:

• Eastern New Guinea

[edit] Habitat

Scrubby bushland

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Diet includes lizards, large insects, small birds and rodents.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

• List of references

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