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[[Image:Filtered D5H 0853 4 - Copy.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|jweeyh|jweeyh}}<br />[[Singapore]], April 2018]]
 
;[[: Category:Lanius|Lanius]] tigrinus
 
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[[Image:Tiger_Shrike.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by pohsp<br />Photo taken: Papan forest nursery.]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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17-19 cm. Thick blue-black bill with a black tip, grey-black legs, reddish brown back, rump and shoulders with black bars creating a tiger-like pattern. Black mask, grey crown and nape, dull brown wings and tail, white underparts. Females are duller and have a white stripe above the eye and black barring on the flanks. Young birds have dark scale-like markings and lack the grey and black on the head.
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[[Image:FemaleTigerShrikenh.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|nhattanla|nhattanla}}<br />Hanoi, [[Vietnam]], March, 2017]]
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17-19 cm<br />
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*Thick black-tipped blue-black bill
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*Greyish-black legs
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*Reddish brown back, rump and shoulders with black bars creating a tiger-like pattern
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*Black mask
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*Grey crown and nape
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*Dull brown wings and tail
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*White underparts<br />
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'''Female''': duller with white stripe above the eye and black barring on the flanks<br />
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'''Young''' birds have dark scale-like markings and lack the grey and black head markings
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Central and eastern [[China]], [[Korea]], [[Japan]], far east [[Russia]]. It winters mainly in [[Malaysia]] and [[Indonesia]].  
 
Central and eastern [[China]], [[Korea]], [[Japan]], far east [[Russia]]. It winters mainly in [[Malaysia]] and [[Indonesia]].  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a monotypic species.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Open woodland, forest edges and farmland with scattered trees in lowland areas.
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Lowland forests and forest clearings and edges, cultivated land, rice fields, mangroves and gardens
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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[[Image:Tiger_Shrike.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by the late '''[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php/ppuser/951/cat/500 Laurence Poh]'''<br /> Papan forest nursery, September 2003]]
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, bugs, butterflies and moths. Other small animals including birds and lizards are also taken. It usually hunts from a perch at the forest edge.
 
The diet includes grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, bugs, butterflies and moths. Other small animals including birds and lizards are also taken. It usually hunts from a perch at the forest edge.
  
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Both sexes build the nest on a branch in a deciduous tree. 3-6 eggs are laid, 5 being most common; they are incubated by the female for 14-16 days. The young birds fledge after about two weeks and remain close to the nest for another two weeks.
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====Breeding====
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Both adults build the nest on a branch in a deciduous tree. The clutch consists of 3-6 eggs (usually 5) which the female incubates for 14-16 days. The young fledge around two weeks later, staying close to the nest for a further two weeks.
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==Gallery==
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Click on photo for larger image
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<gallery>
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Image:Tiger ShrikeJ.jpg|Male<br />Photo by Jan Bisschop<br /> Happy Island, May 2005 <!--EDITORS: this picture is not in the Gallery. Wondering if location is correct?-->
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</gallery>
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Wikipedia
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Lanius+tigrinus}}
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{{GSearch|"Lanius tigrinus" {{!}} "Tiger Shrike"}}
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{{GS-checked}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lanius]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lanius]]

Latest revision as of 23:07, 2 January 2023

Male
Photo by jweeyh
Singapore, April 2018
Lanius tigrinus

Identification

Female
Photo by nhattanla
Hanoi, Vietnam, March, 2017

17-19 cm

  • Thick black-tipped blue-black bill
  • Greyish-black legs
  • Reddish brown back, rump and shoulders with black bars creating a tiger-like pattern
  • Black mask
  • Grey crown and nape
  • Dull brown wings and tail
  • White underparts

Female: duller with white stripe above the eye and black barring on the flanks
Young birds have dark scale-like markings and lack the grey and black head markings

Distribution

Central and eastern China, Korea, Japan, far east Russia. It winters mainly in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Lowland forests and forest clearings and edges, cultivated land, rice fields, mangroves and gardens

Behaviour

Juvenile
Photo by the late Laurence Poh
Papan forest nursery, September 2003

Diet

The diet includes grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, bugs, butterflies and moths. Other small animals including birds and lizards are also taken. It usually hunts from a perch at the forest edge.

Breeding

Both adults build the nest on a branch in a deciduous tree. The clutch consists of 3-6 eggs (usually 5) which the female incubates for 14-16 days. The young fledge around two weeks later, staying close to the nest for a further two weeks.

Gallery

Click on photo for larger image

  • Male
    Photo by Jan Bisschop
    Happy Island, May 2005

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Wikipedia
  3. BF Member observations

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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