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Long-tailed Shrike

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Photo by Laurence Poh
Photo by Laurence Poh
Lanius schach

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[edit] Identification

  • Grey head and mantle
  • Black mask
  • White underparts
  • Rufous flanks
  • Bill and legs are blackish

[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.

Dark Morph (Dusky Shrike) Photo by NeilHong Kong, China, September 2006
Dark Morph (Dusky Shrike)
Photo by Neil
Hong Kong, China, September 2006

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

  • L. s. erythronotus:
  • L. s. longicaudatus:
  • L. s. nasutus:
  • L. s. suluensis:
  • Sulu Archipelago
  • L. s. stresemanni:

[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.
  2. Wikipedia

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