Shanghai, China, two weeks ago : Long-tailed Shrike? (2 Viewers)

[lockbreeze926]

It's not that I think this is a difficult or contentious ID, but I don't/didn't have a field guide (wasn't a birding trip), so I'm shooting in the semi-dark.

I think it's a Long-tailed Shrike, but I know they are highly variable.

Habitat was a hotel garden amid a business park and residential tower blocks.

 

[Butty]

Looks bang on (without looking up all the other shrikes in China).

 

[dwatsonbirder]

Looks bang on (without looking up all the other shrikes in China).

Indeed, looks like L. s. schach 👍

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Agree with Long-tailed. They're very tolerant of "civilization."

 

[lockbreeze926]

Thanks to all!