Red-tailed shrike
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Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Laniidae |
| Genus: | Lanius |
| Species: | L. phoenicuroides |
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Lanius phoenicuroides Schalow, 1875 |
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Breeding range of Lanius (isabellinus) phoenicuroides
Breeding range of Lanius isabellinus Overwintering range |
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Breeding range of Lanius isabellinus Overwintering range
The red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the isabelline shrike and the red-backed shrike.
The plumage is a sandy colour. It has a red tail.
The red-tailed shrike breeds in south Siberia and central Asia.
This migratory medium-sized passerine eats large insects, small birds, rodents and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a larder. It breeds in open cultivated country, preferably with thorn bushes.
A red-tailed shrike at the Zambezi river, Mozambique
Eggs of Red-tailed shrike MHNT
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