Archive for the ‘Shrikes’ Category

• Iberian grey shrike

  Feb 22 | Shrikes, Shrikes+ | Little Stint | 1329 Views | with Comments Off on Iberian grey shrike

  Iberian grey shrike – Lanius meridionalis – is a large resident European shrike of Type – sallyer, Family Laniidae and Order Passeriformes. It is resident in Iberia, but is sufficiently common over the Straits...

• Red-backed shrike

  Oct 3 | Shrikes, Shrikes+ | Little Stint | 2006 Views | with Comments Off on Red-backed shrike

  Red-backed shrike – Lanius collurio – is a Eurasian migratory species of Type- sallyer, Family Laniidae and Order Passeriformes. It is a widespread summer breeder from N Iberia to Central Asia and winters in southern...

• Red-tailed shrike

  Oct 3 | Shrikes, Shrikes+ | Little Stint | 1722 Views | with Comments Off on Red-tailed shrike

  Red-tailed shrike – Lanius phoenicuroides – or Turkestan shrike is a migratory Asian species of Type – sallyer, Family Laniidae and Order Passeriformes. It is a summer breeder from Central Asia to Iran, which...

• Isabelline shrike

  Oct 3 | Shrikes, Shrikes+ | Little Stint | 1770 Views | with Comments Off on Isabelline shrike

  Isabelline shrike – Lanius isabellinus – is a mid-sized migratory shrike of Type – sallyer, Family Laniidae and Order Passeriformes. It is a summer breeder to Mongolia and N China, and winters from NW India...

• Brown shrike

  Oct 2 | Shrikes, Shrikes+ | Little Stint | 1604 Views | with Comments Off on Brown shrike

  Brown shrike – Lanius cristatus – is an Asian species of Type – sallyer, Family Laniidae and Order Passeriformes. It is an E Asian bird, largely migratory but with a small resident population in SE China. One of...

• Bay-backed shrike

  Oct 2 | Shrikes, Shrikes+ | Little Stint | 1617 Views | with Comments Off on Bay-backed shrike

  Bay-backed shrike – Lanius vittatus – is an Asian species of Type – sallyer, Family Laniidae and Order Passeriformes, It is a resident bird of the Indian sub-continent extending W into Iran and NW into Central...

• Long-tailed shrike

  Oct 2 | Shrikes, Shrikes+ | Little Stint | 1611 Views | with Comments Off on Long-tailed shrike

  Long-tailed shrike – Lanius schach – is an Asian species of Type – sallyer, the Family Lanius and Order Passeriformes. It is found across S and SE Asia where it is typically resident but is migratory in the N...

• Great grey shrike

  Oct 2 | Shrikes, Shrikes+ | Little Stint | 1615 Views | with Comments Off on Great grey shrike

  Great grey shrike – Lanius excubitor – is one of the larger shrikes of Type – sallyer, Family Laniidae and Order Passeriformes. It is very widespread over Eurasia, the Middle East and N Africa and has a complex...

• Lesser grey shrike

  Oct 2 | Shrikes, Shrikes+ | Little Stint | 1566 Views | with Comments Off on Lesser grey shrike

  Lesser grey shrike – Lanius minor – is a mid-sized passerine of Type – sallyer, Family Laniidae and Order Passeriformes. It is a summer breeder to E Europe and Central Asia and migrates in the winter to southern...

• Masked shrike

  Oct 2 | Shrikes, Shrikes+ | Little Stint | 1824 Views | with Comments Off on Masked shrike

  Masked Shrike – Lanius nubicus – is the smallest of the Shrikes, and is a migratory species of Type sallyer, Family Laniidae and Order Passeriformes. It is summer breeder to the northern Middle East and the extreme SE...