Red-tailed Shrike
The red-tailed shrike or Turkestan 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. == Description == The plumage is a sandy colour. It has a red tail. == Range == The red-tailed shrike breeds in south Siberia and Central Asia. == Habits == This migratory medium-sized passerine 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. == Gallery ==
Tsavo East National Park
Athi ward, Kenya
+132 birds+30 mammals
Dawn breaks over one of Africa’s most expansive wilderness areas, where volcanic outcrops pierce the savanna and the Galana River […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKTsavo West National Park
Mwatate, Kenya
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where volcanic rock formations pierce the savanna and sulfurous springs bubble beneath rust-coloured earth, Kenya’s southwestern wilderness reveals itself in […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKitulo National Park
Tanzania
+94 birds+15 mammals
Where the Southern Highlands of Tanzania rise above the clouds, rolling montane grasslands sweep across a landscape sculpted by water […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAwash National Park
Didiga, Ethiopia
+134 birds+29 mammals
Where the Ethiopian Rift Valley carves through volcanic plateaus, a ribbon of riverine forest winds through acacia scrubland and grassland, […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKNech Sar National Park
Arba Minch, Ethiopia
+109 birds+17 mammals
Where the East African Rift Valley plateaus drop dramatically toward the shore of Lake Abaya, a mosaic of habitats unfolds […]
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