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shrike id, west south of Iran (1 Viewer)

yashar1981yr

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khuzestan, west south of Iran
 

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Are you sure all pics are of the same bird? Difficult with the lighting conditions but image 1 of the left face appears to show black lores. Image 3 has pale lores and broad supercilium. There are other differences, including bill structure. Image 2 and 3 could be same bird, but image 1 looks like a different individual.

Either way all images are of Daurian Shrike.
 
Daurian Shrike for me. The pale sandy upperparts and rufous-toned tail, not to mention pale lores, suggest one of the 'Isabelline Shrikes', and the apricot wash to the flanks, lack of rufous tones to the crown and so on favour Daurian over Turkestan.
 
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