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Alternative name: Rufous-backed Shrike

Photo © by the late Laurence Poh
Kanthan, Perak, Malaysia, 2000

Lanius schach

Identification

Grey head and mantle
Black mask
White underparts
Rufous flanks
Bill and legs are blackish

Distribution

From north-eastern Iran over Pakistan, India, the Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Burma and Indochina to Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Also in south and east China, Taiwan and the Philippines.

Subspecies L. s. erythronotus
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Gurgaon Rural, India, February-2017

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Juvenile, subspecies L. s. erythronotus
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India, December-2018

There are 9 subspecies^[1]:

L. s. erythronotus:

North-eastern Iran to Pakistan and northern India

L. s. caniceps: Western and southern India and Sri Lanka
L. s. schach: Eastern and southern China, Taiwan and Hainan
L. s. tricolor: Nepal to northern Myanmar, Yunnan, northern Laos and northern Thailand
L. s. bentet:

Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Lesser Sundas

L. s. longicaudatus:

Central and south-eastern Thailand

L. s. nasutus:

Philippine Islands

L. s. suluensis:

Sulu Archipelago

L. s. stresemanni:

Eastern New Guinea

Habitat

Scrubby bushland

Behaviour

Diet

Diet includes lizards, large insects, small birds and rodents.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Wikipedia

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Long-tailed Shrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Long-tailed_Shrike

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-;Lanius schach
+'''Alternative name: Rufous-backed Shrike'''
-[[Image:Long-tailed_Shrike.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Laurence Poh]]
+[[Image:Long-tailed_Shrike.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by the late  '''[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php/ppuser/951/cat/500 Laurence Poh]'''<br />Kanthan, Perak, [[Malaysia]], 2000]]
+;[[:Category:Lanius|Lanius]] schach
 ==Identification==
-The Long-tailed Shrike or the Rufous-backed Shrike (Lanius schach) is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes. The eastern or Himalayan race, L. s. tricolor, is sometimes called the Black-headed Shrike.
+*Grey head and mantle
+*Black mask
-It has some resemblances to the grey shrikes, such as the Southern Grey Shrike, Lanius meridionalis, sharing the pearl grey head and mantle and black mask extending from the forehead, through the eye, to the ear coverts. An eastern race found in Bhutan to Arunachal Pradesh, sometimes called the Himalayan L. s. tricolor, has a black head extending from the eye mask to the whole crown and nape.  It is small for a grey shrike, but has a very long tail with rufous edges. The underparts are white, but with rufous flanks. The bill and legs are nearly black.
+*White underparts
+*Rufous flanks
+*Bill and legs are blackish
 ==Distribution==
-It is a common resident breeder throughout the Indomalayan ecozone from Kazakhstan, through Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indian peninsula except eastern states, to New Guinea, found on bushes in scrubby areas and cultivation. Winter visitor to southern areas such as southeast India and Sri Lanka. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe on the strength of a single accepted British record on South Uist in November 2000. It has also occurred as a vagrant to Japan, Oman, Israel, Hungary and Turkey.
+From north-eastern [[Iran]] over [[Pakistan]], [[India]], the [[Himalayas]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Burma]] and [[Indochina]] to [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]] and [[Papua New Guinea]]. Also in south and east [[China]], [[Taiwan]] and the [[Philippines]].
+[[Image:long-tailed_shrike_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''L. s. erythronotus''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Gurgaon Rural, [[India]], February-2017]]
 ==Taxonomy==
+====Subspecies====
+[[Image:long-tailed_shrike_alok_3.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile, subspecies ''L. s. erythronotus''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, [[India]], December-2018]]
+There are 9 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
+*''L. s. erythronotus'':
+:*North-eastern [[Iran]] to [[Pakistan]] and northern [[India]]
+*''L. s. caniceps'': Western and southern [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]]
+*''L. s. schach'': Eastern and southern [[China]], [[Taiwan]] and Hainan
+*''L. s. tricolor'': [[Nepal]] to northern [[Myanmar]], Yunnan, northern [[Laos]] and northern [[Thailand]]
+*''L. s. bentet'':
+:*[[Malay Peninsula]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Borneo]] and [[Lesser Sundas]]
+*''L. s. longicaudatus'':
+:*Central and south-eastern [[Thailand]]
+*''L. s. nasutus'':
+:*[[Philippines|Philippine Islands]]
+*''L. s. suluensis'':
+:*Sulu Archipelago
+*''L. s. stresemanni'':
+:*Eastern [[New Guinea]]
 ==Habitat==
+Scrubby bushland
 ==Behaviour==
-This bird has a characteristic upright "shrike" attitude perched on a bush, from which it sallies after lizards, large insects, small birds and rodents.
+====Diet====
+Diet includes lizards, large insects, small birds and rodents.
+[[Image:1568dusky shrike P9187902.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Dark Morph (Dusky Shrike) <br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]], September 2006 ]]
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Wikipedia
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+==External Links==
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-Prey may be impaled upon a sharp point, such as a thorn. Thus secured they can be ripped with the strong hooked bill, but its feet are not suited for tearing.
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lanius]] [[Category:Videos]]
-Its flight is undulating, but its dash is straight and determined.
-==External Links==
-*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=528&si=Long-tailed%20Shrike&what=title&name=&when=&whenterm= View more images of Long-tailed Shrike in the gallery]
-[[Category:Birds]]