Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Family Laniidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Genus Lanius | |
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Similar Isabelline shrike, Black‑crowned sparrow‑lark, Eversmann's redstart, Red‑headed bunting, Masked shrike | ||
Turkestan shrike red tailed shrike
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.
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Red tailed shrike
Description
The plumage is a sandy colour. It has a red tail.
Range
The red-tailed shrike breeds in south Siberia and central Asia.
Habits
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.
References
Red-tailed shrike Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA