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The northern white-crowned shrike is a large and fluffy passerine, measuring 19–23-cm long and weigh 42–58 gram. The adult has a white crown and rump, black eyestripe, brown back and wings and black tail. The throat, breast and belly are white, and the flanks are brown. The sexes are similar, but juveniles have a brown crown, white head sides, and grey breast. The flight is parrot-like. Several subspecies have been described, but there is extensive individual variation in plumage.
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When to see the Northern White-crowned Shrike
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Northern White-crowned Shrike
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Northern White-crowned Shrike
The northern white-crowned shrike or white-rumped shrike, is a shrike found in dry thornbush, semi-desert, and open acacia woodland in east Africa from south eastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia to Tanzania. Its binomial name commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Eduard Rüppell.
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Side by side: Northern White-crowned Shrike vs Southern White-crowned Shrike
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