Shrikes (Laniidae)
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
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 , 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 , 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
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An adult male on a branch. Caunedo, Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 26 August 2006 50 weeks ago 30 sec 4.7 -
An adult male on a post and flying away Ligneuville, Liège Province, Belgium (collurio)
Jean Hupperetz 12 July 2005 3 years ago 7 sec 4.3 -
An adult feeding its chicken. Plateau de Champagnac, Cantal, Auvergne, France
Alain Beaufils 5 July 2009 30 weeks ago 33 sec 4.3 -
An adult male perched in different branches Ligneuville, Liège Province, Belgium (collurio)
Jean Hupperetz 12 July 2005 3 years ago 35 sec 4.2 -
A juvenile on a bush.A female looking around. Cangas de Narcea, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 15 August 2005 50 weeks ago 30 sec 4 -
A male on a branch.An adult female on a tree. Caunedo, Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, Spain
Javier Ortas 26 August 2006 50 weeks ago 31 sec 4
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A bird on a wire Evros Delta, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Theo Mamais 1 August 1993 41 weeks ago 3.5 -
A juvenile perched on a branch. Eilat, Israel
Laurent Demongin 13 October 2005 1 year ago 3.5 -
A male on a branchlet Kerkini Lake, Greece
Theo Mamais 1 May 1996 39 weeks ago 3.3 -
A close-up. Vogelpark Walsrode, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 37 weeks ago 3 -
A female hunting. Kendirli-Kayasan plateau, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (collurio)
Christophe Gouraud 14 May 2009 18 weeks ago 2.5 -
A male hunting. Buzachi Peninsula, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (collurio)
Christophe Gouraud 9 May 2009 18 weeks ago 2.5
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A male singing. The Pyrenees, France
(collurio)
Julien Rochefort 28 July 2006 9 weeks ago 4
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