Shrikes

Long-tailed Shrike

Shrikes are passerines that evolved to become diurnal birds of prey, and their appearance and behaviour converge on small raptors in many respects With the strong feet and sharp, strong bill of a predator, shrikes take prey ranging from birds and amphibians to large insects, often storing them for later consumption on the spines of shrubs or barbed wire.

The family is Laniidae

There are 33 species placed in 4 genera.

So far I have photographed 24 different species.

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Updated 26/04/2020

Lanius Shrikes and Fiscals. There are 29 species in this genus of which I have photographed 20

Bay-backed Shrike - Lanius vittatus

Brown Shrike - Lanius cristatus

Burmese Shrike - Lanius collurioides

Chinese Grey Shrike - Lanius sphenocercus

Great Grey Shrike - Lanius excubitor

Grey-backed Fiscal - Lanius excubitoroides

Grey-backed Shrike - Lanius tephronotus

Iberian Grey Shrike - Lanius meridionalis

Lesser Grey Shrike - Lanius minor

Long-tailed Fiscal - Lanius cabanisi

Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach

Mackinnon's shrike - Lanius mackinnoni

Masked Shrike - Lanius nubicus

Northern Fiscal - Lanius humeralis

Red-backed Shrike - Lanius collurio

Somali Fiscal - Lanius somalicus

Southern Fiscal - Lanius collaris

Taita Fiscal - Lanius dorsalis

Tiger Shrike - Lanius tigrinus

Woodchat Shrike - Lanius senator

Corvinella There are 2 species in this genus of which I have photographed 2

Northern White-crowned Shrike - Eurocephalus ruppelli

Southern White-crowned Shrike - Eurocephalus anguitimens

Eurocephalus There are 2 species in this genus of which I have photographed 2

Magpie Shrike - Corvinella melanoleuca

Yellow-billed Shrike - Corvinella corvina