Shrikes (Laniidae)
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) - HBW 13, p. 777
French: Pie-grièche
brune
German: Braunwürger
Spanish:
Alcaudón Pardo
Other common names:
Red-tailed Shrike; Japanese Shrike (superciliosus); Philippine
Shrike (lucionensis)
Taxonomy: Lanius
cristatus Linnaeus, 1758, Bengal, India.
Thought to form a superspecies
with L. collurio and L. isabellinus; has in the past
been considered conspecific with one or both of those, but recent
genetic analyses support treatment as separate species. Occasional
hybridization with L. collurio recorded in C Asia.
Geographical variation partially clinal; race confusus poorly
differentiated, intergrades with nominate and perhaps better merged
with it. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cristatus , 1758 - breeds C & E Siberia S to N Mongolia, L Baikal area, N Sakhalin and W Kamchatka; non-breeding C & S India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar (mainly coast) and Malay Peninsula.
- confusus , 1929 - breeds E Mongolia, SE Russia (SE Transbaikalia E to Amurland and Ussuriland) and Manchuria; non-breeding S Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
- superciliosus , 1801 - breeds S Sakhalin I, S Kuril Is and N & C Japan (Hokkaido, N & C Honshu); non-breeding mainly coastal S China, Hainan, NE & E Indochina, Sumatra, Java and W Lesser Sundas.
- lucionensis , 1766 - breeds E China, Korea and S Japan (Kyushu); non-breeding mainly coastal SE China, Taiwan, Philippines, N Borneo and N Sulawesi.
- Least Concern
-
A male perched. Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (ssp cristatus)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 9 weeks ago 47 sec 4 -
A bird looking around on the top of a branch. Happy Island, Hebei, China (Northern) (ssp lucionensis)
Eldert Groenewoud 6 May 2008 1 year ago 26 sec 3.5 -
A bird on a cane and flying away Thaton Marsh, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Josep del Hoyo 4 November 2004 3 years ago 22 sec 3.5 -
A male perched and looking around. Himavad Gopalaswamy, Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka, India (ssp cristatus)
Josep del Hoyo 9 December 2009 13 weeks ago 45 sec 3.3 -
A bird hunting. Lorong Halus, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 1 November 2009 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 52 sec 3.3 -
A juvenile regurgitating a pellet. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp cristatus )
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 24 weeks ago 42 sec 3.3
-
Rare visitor Al Ruwais, Qatar
John A Thompson 30 April 2010 12 weeks ago 4.6 -
Brown Shrike, migrant bird, Beidaihe, Hebei, China Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 15 May 2008 1 year ago 4.3 -
An adult male Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India (ssp cristatus)
vasanthan.p.j 10 February 2010 24 weeks ago 4 -
Brown Shrike, migrant bird, Beidaihe, Hebei, China Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 18 May 2007 1 year ago 3.8 -
Perched on branch Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 18 March 2010 19 weeks ago 3.4 -
A male perched. Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (ssp cristatus)
Josep del Hoyo 15 December 2009 9 weeks ago 3.3
-
A bird alarm calling Munnar, Kerala, India
(ssp cristatus)
Stuart Fisher 11 February 2006 1 year ago 3
Email this page