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Common sight during migration
Female
Bushes by waterhole
Precise location not known, south of Sabie river between Skukuza and Nkuhlu.
Female in pictures 3 & 4.
Marula / Knob-thorn Open Tree Savanna
Juvenile, moulting.
Marula / Knob-thorn Open Tree Savanna
Open fields with some bush species
This is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family.
That morning I was lucky to catch a (to me) pretty big Shrike migration. I saw ...
Red-backed shrike (juvenile) in the suburban forest of Thessaloniki, ...
Female Red-backed Shrike. Females and juveniles do not have the black eye mask ...
Bird with brown back, sides and upper chest with feathers with brown tips.
Bird with distinctive grey head and black eye stripe.
Grey crown; black face mask; chestnut wings; white throat, brownish ...
Small bird about the size of a sparrow with lovely chestnut back, grey head and ...
A smal carniverous bird, the Red-backed Shrike is a summer breder Europe and ...
Grey-blue crown;black line through the eyes; wings are chestnut, grey rump; ...
This 16–18 cm (approx. 6.3–7.1 inches) long migratory bird eats large insects, ...
The red-backed shrike is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike ...
Blue-grey head contrasting with reddish-brown back and a black mask through the ...
This an immature red-backed shrike; they very similar to Isabelline Shrike, ...
Measuring 17 cm in length, the red-backed shrike is slightly larger than a ...
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The brown shrike (
The Red-backed Shrike, nicknamed "Butcher bird" is a carnivorous passerine bird ...
This 16–18 cm (approx. 6.3–7.1 inches) long migratory bird eats large insects, ...
"The general colour of the male’s upper parts is reddish. It has a grey head ...