Shrike - Panjin, Liaoning, China (1 Viewer)

[Owen Krout]

Also today on the edges of the marsh. What I assume to be a Brown Shrike, as there are many about tending to their fledglings right now, but this one seems exceptionally dark colored. Just a color variation or another species?

Panjin, Liaoning, China - July 28, 2021

 

[Butty]

You've got 3 breeding shrike species to play with round there. This one looks pretty juvenile.

 

[andyb39]

Very dark but must be a juvenile Brown. You photographed a similar bird in Sept 2018: Brown Shrike Macaulay Library ML113679911.

BTW, I'm not sure this is a Brown Shrike: Brown Shrike Macaulay Library ML111804231.

 

[Owen Krout]

Neither am I at this point, but it does seem to match up with this one from yesterday. I hadn't much experience at the time with BS at that time. Possible Bull-headed Shrike? The "scaly" look to the lower body might fit better, but still seems very dark.

Juv. of all sorts are everywhere right now and making for a lot of odd looking adult sized birds.

 

[MKinHK]

Brown Shrike for me Owen

Cheers
Mike

 

[HouseCrow]

I think Bull-headed juvenile is not so typically scaly as the others. I have seen one BhS fledgling which did not even look all that different from its parents (From some 30m orso)

Cheers,
G