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Photo by Laurence Poh

Lanius schach

Alternate name : Rufous-backed Shrike

Identification

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

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 Neil
Hong Kong, China, September 2006

Taxonomy

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

Habitat

Scrubby bushland

Behaviour

Diet

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

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.
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

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