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[[Image:Masked_Shrike_Lanius_nubicus.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|lior+kislev|lior kislev}}
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<br />Ramot,Golan Highlands, [[Israel]], March 2007]]
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==Identification==
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[[Image:Masked_Shrike.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Desertbirder]]
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[[Image:IMG 05216.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|maist|maist}}<br />North Jerusalem, [[Israel]], November 2018]]
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17–18·5 cm (6¾-7¼ in)
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*Black upperparts, crown and long tail
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*Black wings with large white patches
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*White forehead spreader over eye
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*Broad black line through the eye
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*Orange flanks
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*White underparts
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Female and young birds: the upperparts are dark grey rather than black, and the duller orange flanks.
  
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The Masked Shrike, Lanius nubicus, is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. It breeds in southeastern Europe and the eastern end of the Mediterranean, with a separate population in western Iran. It is a common species in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel and Syria. It is migratory, wintering in northeast Africa.
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==Distribution==
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From [[Greece]] to [[Turkey]], [[Cyprus]], [[Israel]], [[Syria]] to South West [[Iran]]. Winters in [[Arabia]] and Central [[Africa]].
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Since this is a short-range migrant, a bird in Scotland in October 2004 was a remarkable example of vagrancy, though a second British record occurred on St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly in November 2006.
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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Masked Shrike breeds in open woodland and cultivated country. The nest is built in a tree and 4-7 eggs are laid.
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==Habitat==
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Open woodland and cultivated country with large scattered trees.
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The male Masked Shrike is a striking bird, with black and white plumage and orange flanks. This medium-sized passerine is the smallest shrike at 17-18cm in length. Its upperparts, crown, long tail and wings are mainly black; there are large white patches on the wings which are conspicuous in flight. The face is white except for a broad black line running back from the eye. The rest of the underparts are white with orange flanks.
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==Behaviour==
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====Breeding====
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In the female and young birds the upperparts are dark grey rather than black, and the orange flanks are less bright and reduced in extent. The juvenile has heavily vermiculated grey upperparts, and white underparts which are also vermiculated.
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The nest is built in a tree. The clutch contains 4-7 eggs. They may lay again, especially if the first attempt fails.
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====Diet====
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Masked Shrike eats large insects, small birds, voles and lizards which it impales on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder". It sometimes hunts from prominent perches, like other shrikes, but as often from semi-cover.
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Their main diet consists of large insects, such as crickets. They will also eat some small birds, voles and lizards which are impaled on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder".  
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2018)
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Lanius nubicus" {{!}} "Masked Shrike"}}
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The song is a somewhat jagged warble.
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lanius]]
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==External Links==
 
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=masked+shrike View more images of Masked Shrike in the gallery]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:56, 24 October 2023

Photo © by lior kislev
Ramot,Golan Highlands, Israel, March 2007
Lanius nubicus

Identification

Juvenile
Photo © by maist
North Jerusalem, Israel, November 2018

17–18·5 cm (6¾-7¼ in)

  • Black upperparts, crown and long tail
  • Black wings with large white patches
  • White forehead spreader over eye
  • Broad black line through the eye
  • Orange flanks
  • White underparts

Female and young birds: the upperparts are dark grey rather than black, and the duller orange flanks.

Distribution

From Greece to Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Syria to South West Iran. Winters in Arabia and Central Africa.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Open woodland and cultivated country with large scattered trees.

Behaviour

Breeding

The nest is built in a tree. The clutch contains 4-7 eggs. They may lay again, especially if the first attempt fails.

Diet

Their main diet consists of large insects, such as crickets. They will also eat some small birds, voles and lizards which are impaled on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder".

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2018)

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