Red-backed shrike

Lanius collurio

Family Laniidae. Order Passeriformes.

Red-backed shrike — Photographs 1 — Red-backed shrike.
Photo: PeterRohrbeck / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Description

The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family, Laniidae.

Traits

Residency: migratory
Diet: insects, small vertebrates
Game species: no

♪ Bird call

Recording: Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart

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Photographs

Red-backed shrike — Photographs 2 — Red-backed shrike. Zoological illustration.
Baldamus, A. C. Eduard; Blasius, J. H.; Naumann, Johann Andreas; Nauma / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Links

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