Shrikes (Laniidae)
Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus) - HBW 13, p. 775
French: Pie-grièche
bucéphale
German: Büffelkopfwürger
Spanish:
Alcaudón Bucéfalo
Other common names:
Highland Shrike (Japanese populations)
Taxonomy: Lanius
bucephalus Temminck and Schlegel, 1845, Japan.
Probably closest to the
superspecies formed by L. collurio, L. isabellinus and
L. cristatus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sicarius Bangs & J.L. Peters, 1928 - breeds S Gansu, in C China.
- bucephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 - breeds SE Russia (Ussuriland), NE China (S Manchuria S to Hebei and Shandong), Korea, S Sakhalin I, S Kurils, Japan (including many smaller islands), Ryukyu Is, Daito Is and Ogasawara Is (Bonin Is); non-breeding also E & SE China.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Female 雌 ♀ Locality New Taipei City (Taipei County), Taiwan
kun chin chung 7 December 2011 8 weeks ago 36 sec 4.6 -
A male perched looking around. Locality Yatsushiro Port, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp bucephalus)
Josep del Hoyo 26 January 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A female perched, flicking its tail, looking for food and flying away. Locality Maioka Park, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp bucephalus)
Josep del Hoyo 23 January 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 4.2 -
A male perched, flicking its tail and looking for food. Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp bucephalus)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 3.7 -
Female bird on branch looking about, nodding tail Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 24 January 2009 2 years ago 22 sec 3.6 -
Female bird dives, catches food returns to roost, eats worm Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 4 April 2011 44 weeks ago 21 sec 3.2
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Front face.
Locality Japan
Ksan 8 weeks ago 4.3 -
A female perched.
Locality Maioka Park, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp bucephalus)
Josep del Hoyo 23 January 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
A male perched.
Locality Yatsushiro Port, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp bucephalus)
Josep del Hoyo 26 January 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
A bird on a branch
Locality Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Aleix Comas 3 January 2010 2 years ago 3 -
Bull-headed Shrike, Ad female, Magic Wood, Laoting, Hebei, China
Locality Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 12 May 2005 2 years ago 2.7 -
A male perched on a post.
Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp bucephalus)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 1 year ago 2
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