Woodchat shrike

Lanius senator
Shrikes (Laniidae)

♀ + ♂

Woodchat shrikeon RikenMon's Nature.Guide

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A rust red cap and neck, black back and a white-yellowish belly. The eye mask is black and sometimes marked. The ♀ is same but a little paler. A black tail, white rump, the black wings have white markings. Young are marked with a pale white breast and brown-grey back.

Looking for warmth and likes to sit on a high branch or wire in the sunshine on the lookout for prey, mostly insects.

⇔ l. 17-19 cm

A migratory bird breeding in southern Europe and Asia and wintering in Africa. 

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≈ The LANIUS COLLURIO (Red-backed shrike) is just as large but with a grey head.

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