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Emin's shrike is similar in plumage to the red-backed shrike, but it is smaller and darker. It has a black mask from the base of the bill through the eye to the ear coverts, which separates the grey crown and nape from the white throat. The upperparts are brown without the grey rump shown by the red-backed shrike. The breast, belly and undertail coverts are dark buff rather than the red-backed shrike's pinkish underparts. The black tail has white sides and a white tip, and there is an obvious patch of white on the primaries.
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When to see the Emin's Shrike
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Emin's Shrike
The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Central African Republic.
About the Emin's Shrike
Emin's shrike is a species of passerine bird in the family Laniidae, the shrikes. This species has a scattered distribution across Africa from the Ivory Coast east to South Sudan and Uganda.
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Easily confused with
Sao Tome FiscalLanius newtoniThe São Tomé fiscal, or Newton's fiscal, is a species of bird in the family Laniidae.
Giant Grey ShrikeLanius giganteusThe giant grey shrike is a species of bird in the family Laniidae.
Mountain ShrikeLanius validirostrisThe mountain shrike or grey-capped shrike, is a species of bird in the family Laniidae.
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