Hi,
Reading Seyed's interesting shrike post, I was reminded of a bird which I had photographed in October 2004. It may well be a Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus cristatus), a common winter visitor to Kolkata city in eastern India. But, I was never comfortable with the ID because of features like head shape, bill size, supercilum (or lack of it) and the light plumage. A confirmation would be really excellent.
Local winter visitors to the area include Lanius cristatus lucionensis and the resident shrike species is the tricolor ssp. of Long-tailed Shrike.
Thanks and regards,
Sumit
Reading Seyed's interesting shrike post, I was reminded of a bird which I had photographed in October 2004. It may well be a Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus cristatus), a common winter visitor to Kolkata city in eastern India. But, I was never comfortable with the ID because of features like head shape, bill size, supercilum (or lack of it) and the light plumage. A confirmation would be really excellent.
Local winter visitors to the area include Lanius cristatus lucionensis and the resident shrike species is the tricolor ssp. of Long-tailed Shrike.
Thanks and regards,
Sumit