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Lanius collurio
This elegant butcher-birid is somewhat short of 20cm in length, with red-brown upperparts, grey crown and a typical black 'bandit-mask' around its eyes. Pictured here is male, with it's underparts creamy-pale-pinkish - females have them buff and vermiculated.
Seen perched high in a canopy of a hedgerows around a protected apple orchard (Tiocan) ; in Geneva lake valley, beginning of lower slopes of Jura mountain range - agricultural area, bordering mixed forests. The orchard itself is run by an association, and serves the purpose of preserving old varieties of apple trees.
Spotted on Apr 29, 2023
Submitted on May 8, 2023
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