The woodchat shrike (Lanius senator) is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. It can be identified by its red-brown crown and nape. It is mainly insectivorous and favours open wooded areas with scattered trees such as orchards, particularly when there is bare or sandy ground. The woodchat shrike breeds in southern Europe, the Middle East and northwest Africa, and winters in tropical Africa.
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The woodchatshrike (Lanius senator) is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. It can be identified by its red-brown crown and nape. It is mainly insectivorous...
Shrikes (/ʃraɪk/) are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of 34 species in two genera. The family name, and that of the largest...
easily distinguished, since the masked shrike has white on its head and a dark rump, whereas the woodchatshrike has a black crown, rusty nape and white...
The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) is a passerine bird in the family Laniidae. It is the only member of the shrike family endemic to North America;...
The great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large and predatory songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric...
2019 found that within the genus Lanius the lesser grey shrike was sister to the woodchatshrike (Lanius senator), a migratory species that breeds in southern...
The northern shrike (Lanius borealis) is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae) native to North America and Siberia. Long considered...
typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey. Northern shrike, Lanius borealis (A) Great gray shrike, Lanius excubitor (A) Woodchatshrike, Lanius...
The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the red-backed shrike (L. collurio)...
from Odisha". Indian Birds. 9 (1): 14–18. Nandgaonkar, P. S. (2013). "WoodchatShrike Lanius senator from Alibaug, Maharashtra: A first record for India"...
Lanius, the typical shrikes, are a genus of passerine birds in the shrike family Laniidae. The majority of the family's species are placed in this genus...
The isabelline shrike or Daurian shrike (Lanius isabellinus) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was previously considered conspecific with...
The southern fiscal or fiscal shrike (Lanius collaris) is a member of the shrike family found through most of southern Africa. It is also sometimes named...
The Iberian grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis) is a member of the shrike family. It is closely related to the great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor, and...
bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey. Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio (A) Woodchatshrike, Lanius senator (A) Order:...
gray shrike, Lanius meridionalis Great gray shrike, Lanius excubitor Woodchatshrike, Lanius senator Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae The family...
The tiger shrike or thick-billed shrike (Lanius tigrinus) is a small passerine bird which belongs to the genus Lanius in the shrike family, Laniidae....
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