Red-tailed Shrike

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When to see the Red-tailed Shrike

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-tailed Shrike

The map shades 31 countries with regular records, and 17 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 Norway, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Netherlands, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, France, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Eritrea, Sudan, Germany, Armenia, Latvia, Russia.

About the Red-tailed Shrike

The red-tailed shrike or Turkestan shrike is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the isabelline shrike and the red-backed shrike.

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Easily confused with

Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroidesThis is a large shrike with a length of about 25 cm (10 in). Burmese ShrikeLanius collurioidesThe Burmese shrike is a species of bird in the family Laniidae. Long-tailed FiscalLanius cabanisiLike many shrike species the appearance of the adults is similar between the sexes but strikingly different in juvenile birds.

Side by side: Grey-backed Fiscal vs Red-tailed Shrike · Long-tailed Fiscal vs Red-tailed Shrike