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Brown shrike

Lanius cristatus

Description:

Small predatory songbird, some 20cm in length. Brownish above, whitish below, and like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask". (this black mask may become paler and more discreet...).

Habitat:

Common in Asia, and found mainly in open scrub habitats, where it perches on the tops of thorny bushes in search of prey - here, just outside the village, and close to open paddy fields and other gardens.

Notes:

Another gem in the collection of birds from my favorite family - Laniidae, butcher birds.

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1 Comment

Ben23
Ben23 6 years ago

Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Birds of the Philippines pg.127

Zlatan Celebic
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Zlatan Celebic

စစ်တွေ, ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ် (Rakhine), Myanmar

Spotted on Mar 25, 2018
Submitted on Mar 25, 2018

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