Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus)

Other Names (World)
Bull-headed Shrike, Highland Shrike (Japan)

Family
Laniidae (Shrikes)

Size
19.50 - 20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Temminck & Schlegel, 1847

Habitat
Temperate forest, boreal forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m, occasionally to 2,750 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Japan, North Korea (B), Russia (Asian), South Korea.

Vagrant to Hong Kong (China), Taiwan (China), Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (35)...)

Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus) [XC814270]
by Kim Chuah Lim from \u897f\u7075\u5c71(West Lingshan), Hebei, China, China (alarm call)

Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus) [XC794801]
by Ding Li Yong from Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea (call)

Subspecies
Probably closest to the superspecies formed by Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus) and Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

sicarius Bangs & Peters, JL, 1928 - Breeds southern Gansu, in central China.
bucephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1847 - Breeds south-eastern Russia (Ussuriland), north-eastern China (S Manchuria south to Hebei and Shandong), Korea, southern Sakhalin I, southern Kurils, Japan (including many smaller islands), Ryukyu Is, Daito Is and Ogasawara Is (Bonin Is). Non-breeding also eastern and south-eastern China.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus) - 10 files

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