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Lanius schach erythronotus
A striking small shrike with a long tail, rufous edges, white underparts, a black mask and pearl grey head.
Scrubby area in open forest.
This bird was spotted from a distance in the Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. Single individual.
Spotted on Dec 23, 2006
Submitted on Apr 17, 2011
5 Comments
That's cool.
I went against the tricolor race: wrong head colour.
Oops, I meant Gordon!
Thanks Peter! I think you're right: it looks exactly like the described tricolor race of Lanius schach. See if anybody else can confirm and I'll edit accordingly.
A long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach) possibly? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed... for more information. Surely looks like some of our North American shrikes. Beautiful bird; great photo!