Shrike. Lithuania (1 Viewer)

[marius.k]

This Shrike has been trapped today in Ventes Ragas ringing station (Lithuania).
Your opinions apreaciated.

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

Wow Marius, I hope you got a feather sample! It's a 1st-w Northern Shrike Lanius borealis and almost certainly ssp. sibiricus-some nice images for comparision https://birdsmongolia.blogspot.com/2014/11/more-sibiricus-northern-shrikes.html?m=1 note brown upperparts, pale lores along with reduced white to primary bases and tail.

Grahame

 

[rollingthunder]

Time to revisit one of my ‘Garners’:t:

Laurie -

 

[marius.k]

Thank you.
It's my collegues photos - Vytautas Eigirdas.
He has blood samples of this bird.

 

[CARERY]

Wow thrilling record! It looks really dark... could it even be one of the more southern ssp.?

Anyway, this article could be of interest: http://www.martinbrandsma.nl/lanius-borealis-sibiricus-in-western-europe/

 

[Deb Burhinus]

The ‘opinion’ is ‘Yikes’!!

 

[CerambyX]

What a bird!!! Congratulations for lucky observers! B
Prorper rare bird for Europe! IOC has it split from excubitor so even better - New species for Lithuania?

 

[Nutcracker]

New species for Lithuania?

Yes: https://twitter.com/TarsigerTeam/status/1201862145090211841?s=20

 

[MJB]

Wow Marius, I hope you got a feather sample! It's a 1st-w Northern Shrike Lanius borealis and almost certainly ssp. sibiricus-some nice images for comparision https://birdsmongolia.blogspot.com/2014/11/more-sibiricus-northern-shrikes.html?m=1 note brown upperparts, pale lores along with reduced white to primary bases and tail.

Grahame

Grahame, I've just posted that query (is it an E Palearctic bird?) on the rare Bird Information thread, and you've already answered it!:t::t::t:
MJB

 

[marius.k]

Just an update. Lanius borealis approved by Lithuanian RC as a new species for Lithuania (according to IOC) after we received DNA confirmation from blood sample.