Red-tailed Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)

Other Names (World)
Red-tailed Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Red-tailed Shrike

Family
Laniidae (Shrikes)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Schalow, 1875)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland. From sea-level - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Breeds southern and eastern Kazakhstan south to Transcaspia, north-eastern and eastern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan (northern and probably west of R Indus) and extreme north-western China (north-western Xinjiang). Non-breeding mainly Arabia and north-eastern and eastern Africa, with some in western Africa.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

Red-tailed Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) [XC184608]
by Guy Kirwan from Yrgyz District, Aktobe, Kazakhstan (alarm call, call)

Red-tailed Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) [XC145274]
by Albert Lastukhin from Qalshengel, Taukum Desert, Kazakhstan (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Rufous-tailed Shrike (Lanius isabellinus).

References
See References.

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