Grey‑backed Shrike Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Lanius tephronotus
Family : Laniidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Bushes
Description : The grey-backed shrike is a medium-sized bird, measuring around 20 centimeters in length. Its back and wings are a greyish-brown color, while its head and underparts are white. It has a distinctive black mask around its eyes, which gives it a slightly fierce appearance.
This bird is a predator, feeding on a variety of small animals, including insects, small mammals, and other birds. It is known for impaling its prey on thorns or barbed wire fences, which helps it to hold onto its food while it tears it apart with its strong beak.
The grey-backed shrike is generally found in open woodland habitats, such as forest edges and clearings. It is a migratory bird, spending the winter months in southern China and Southeast Asia. Overall, it is a fascinating bird with unique predatory behaviors and an important part of the ecosystems it inhabits.
This bird is a predator, feeding on a variety of small animals, including insects, small mammals, and other birds. It is known for impaling its prey on thorns or barbed wire fences, which helps it to hold onto its food while it tears it apart with its strong beak.
The grey-backed shrike is generally found in open woodland habitats, such as forest edges and clearings. It is a migratory bird, spending the winter months in southern China and Southeast Asia. Overall, it is a fascinating bird with unique predatory behaviors and an important part of the ecosystems it inhabits.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Urocissa erythrorhyncha
(Red-billed Blue Magpie) -
Lalage melanoptera
(Black‑headed Cuckoo-shrike) -
Pericrocotus cantonensis
(Swinhoe's (Brown-rumped) Minivet) -
Pericrocotus roseus
(Rosy Minivet) -
Dicrurus paradiseus
(Greater Racquet‑tailed Drongo) -
Hypothymis azurea
(Black‑naped Monarch) -
Rhipidura albicollis
(White‑throated Fantail) -
Dicrurus remifer
(Lesser Racquet‑tailed Drongo) -
Lanius collurioides
(Burmese Shrike) -
Oriolus chinensis
(Black‑naped Oriole)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Viral joshi(www.xeno-canto.org/Viral joshi), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Viral joshi(www.xeno-canto.org/Viral joshi), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.