Red Tailed Shrike by Pratim Das
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PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON #663. OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...RED TAILED SHRIKE... WATERCOLOUR...A4... 2016..[From the photograph of Mr. Pranjal J Saikia]... The red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the isabelline shrike and the red-backed shrike. The red-tailed shrike breeds in south Siberia and central Asia. Other common Names Rufous-tailed Shrike, Isabelline shrike , Central Asian Shrike, Pale-brown Shrike, Daurian Shrike, Turkestan Shrike (phoenicuroides), Turkestan Red-tailed Shrike (phoenicuroides) This migratory medium-sized,[ 17•5–18 cm; 25–34 g. Rather small, compact but long-tailed shrike] passerine birds eats large insects, small birds, rodents and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a larder. It breeds in open cultivated country, preferably with thorn bushes. The plumage is a sandy colour. It has a red ta
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