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...
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 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.
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 male calling Locality Bialowieza National Park, Bialowieza Forest, Podlaskie Province, Poland (ssp collurio)
Eric Roualet 4 June 2009 2 years ago 13 sec 3.2 -
A first winter bird perching on a branch Locality Atanasovsko Lake, Bulgaria (ssp collurio)
Iva Hristova 5 September 2006 6 years ago 17 sec 3.1 -
An adult male perched on a branch Locality Dywidag Compound, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia
Tom Tarrant 1992 7 years ago 33 sec 3.1 -
side view of male Locality Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
Martin Kennewell 8 May 2004 2 years ago 19 sec 3 -
A male and a juvenile, male flying away, then juvenile begging for food Locality Årnestangen, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp collurio)
Eric Roualet 5 August 2005 2 years ago 5 sec 3 -
A male calling Locality L'Age-Quatre-Maux, Limousin, France (ssp collurio)
Eric Roualet 22 July 2006 2 years ago 10 sec 3
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Male in a tree
Locality Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
John A Thompson 28 July 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
Adult female perched on a branch.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Martin Främke 28 March 2011 22 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird sitting on a twig.
Locality Kerkini Lake, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 1 September 2001 26 weeks ago 3.4 -
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)is a passage migrant in Kutch during Monsoon.
Locality Banni Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Vaibhav Mishra 7 September 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
female hunting for insects, resting on a low shrub
Locality Ras Muhammad National Park, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
GigiDeCarlo 11 February 2010 17 weeks ago 3.3 -
Juvenile perched on a wire
Locality Olympiada, Central Macedonia Region, Greece (ssp kobylini)
Joe Angseesing 4 July 2011 15 weeks ago 3.3
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A male singing. Locality The Pyrenees, France
(ssp collurio)
Julien Rochefort 28 July 2006 3 years ago 4
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