Sunday, February 09, 2014

Red-tailed Shrike

Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
Lake Chelekcheka, Ethiopia
12 January 2014

     Formerly considered a subspecies of Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus,
and now elevated to full species status, this Red-tailed Shrike was perched atop a thorny bush along the shoreline of the lake. It spends the winter in the Horn of Africa whence it migrates to breed in central Asia.



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David M. Gascoigne,
David M. Gascoigne,

I'm a life long birder. My interests are birds, nature, reading, books, outdoors, travel, food and wine.

3 comments:

  1. Ramakrishnan10 February 2014 at 05:36

    Very charming shrike !

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  2. Helma12 February 2014 at 12:45

    The Shrike is a bird that I had too. Never my lens Nice that you do have it and how. Nice to see that the tree :-)

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  3. Daniel20 February 2014 at 08:17

    I have only ever seen Northern Shrike. I would love to see other shrikes. They are neat birds.

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