Shrikes (Laniidae)
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) - HBW 13, p. 776
French: Pie-grièche
écorcheur
German: Neuntöter
Spanish:
Alcaudón Dorsirrojo
Taxonomy: Lanius
collurio Linnaeus, 1758, Europe = Sweden.
Thought to form a superspecies
with L. isabellinus and L. cristatus; has in the past
been considered conspecific with one or both of those, but recent
genetic analyses support treatment as separate species. Degree of
reproductive isolation between this species and L. isabellinus
relatively low, and mixed pairs and hybrids regularly occur where
ranges overlap in SW, W & C Asia; occasional hybridization with
L. cristatus in C Asia. Races intergrade; pallidifrons
and kobylini possibly result from influence of these two
neighbouring specie.. View all taxonomy...
Thought to form a superspecies with L. isabellinus and L. cristatus; has in the past been considered conspecific with one or both of those, but recent genetic analyses support treatment as separate species. Degree of reproductive isolation between this species and L. isabellinus relatively low, and mixed pairs and hybrids regularly occur where ranges overlap in SW, W & C Asia; occasional hybridization with L. cristatus in C Asia. Races intergrade; pallidifrons and kobylini possibly result from influence of these two neighbouring species, and are individually strongly variable, such that recognition of either is dubious; species perhaps better treated as monotypic. Additional proposed race, juxtus (described from east Suffolk, in E England), is indistinguishable from nominate. Three subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- collurio Linnaeus, 1758 - breeds Europe (except N, NW & SW) E to W Siberia, S to N Iberia, Sardinia, S Italy, Sicily, Balkans (S to Croatia), C Romania, Ukraine, and plains N of Caucasus; non-breeding S & E Africa.
- kobylini Buturlin, 1906 - breeds Balkans (S from Bosnia) E to Crimea and Caucasus, S to Asia Minor, Cyprus and NW Iran; non-breeding S & E Africa.
- pallidifrons H. C. Johansen, 1952 - breeds W & WC Siberia (E to NW Altai); non-breeding S & E Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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a female looking out for insects, then catching a spider Locality Lower Austria, Austria
Andreas Gruber 17 July 2011 44 weeks ago 1 min 15 sec 4.7 -
A juvenile stretching. Locality Lugo, Galicia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Alex García · Videoaves 25 August 2009 1 year ago 42 sec 4.7 -
A close up of a juvenile. Locality Axios Delta, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 17 August 2008 1 year ago 27 sec 4.4 -
An adult feeding its chicken. Locality Plateau de Champagnac, Cantal, Auvergne, France
Alain Beaufils 5 July 2009 2 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
An adult male on a branch. Locality Caunedo, Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 26 August 2006 3 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
An adult male perched in different branches Locality Ligneuville, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp collurio)
Jean Hupperetz 12 July 2005 5 years ago 35 sec 4.2
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Female
Locality Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
John A Thompson 28 July 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Male sitting on a plant
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 30 April 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
on a bush
Locality Eilat, Israel
Lior Kislev 7 May 2009 21 weeks ago 4.4 -
Male bird on the lookout for prey
Locality Bahrain
ajdh 16 April 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
A female perched in a shrub, altitude approx. 2000 m.
Locality Demirkazik, Turkey (ssp kobylini)
Henrik Bringsøe 21 May 2011 29 weeks ago 4.3 -
Red-backed Shrike's male on his watching point looking for victim.
Locality Masovian Province, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 2 June 2010 1 year ago 4.3
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A male singing. Locality The Pyrenees, France
(ssp collurio)
Julien Rochefort 28 July 2006 2 years ago 4
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