Red-tailed shrike
The red-tailed shrike or Turkestan shrike, is a member of the shrike family. 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
