Lesser grey shrike

Lanius minor
Shrikes (Laniidae)

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Black eye mask and forehead, grey cap and back, black wings with white markings (speculum). White belly becoming pinkish on flanks and towards the rump. Both sexes same but the ♀ is paler.

Likes high lookout points for spotting prey, mostly grasshoppers and beetles.

⇔ l. 19-20 cm

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

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≈ The LANIUS EXCUBITOR (Great Grey shrike) has the mask only covering the eyes. 
≈ The ♂ LANIUS COLLURIO (Red-backed shrike) has a lighter grey coloured head and brownish wings.

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