Shrikes (Laniidae)

Burmese Shrike (Lanius collurioides) - HBW 13, p. 778

French: Pie-grièche à dos marron German: Burmawürger Spanish: Alcaudón Birmano
Other common names: Myanmar/Chestnut-backed/Chestnut-rumped Shrike

Taxonomy: Lanius collurioides Lesson, 1831, Pegu, Myanmar.
Sometimes thought to form a superspecies with L. vittatus, the two being separated geographically by R Brahmaputra. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • collurioides Lesson, 1831 - breeds Myanmar (S to C Tenasserim), S China (W & C Yunnan E to S Guizhou and SW Guangdong), NW & W Thailand, Laos, E Cambodia and N Vietnam.
  • nigricapillus Delacour, 1926 - SC & S Vietnam (S from Da Lat Plateau).

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