Bay-backed Shrike Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Lanius vittatus
Family : Laniidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : Bay-backed Shrike is a small bird with a pale crown and maroon back.It looks variegated with black,white and maroon from above and white from below.It has a black forecrown extendeing as a mask from the eyes and ear-coverts.Th female is distinguished from the male by a narrower black band on the forecrown.Both sexes have brown irises,dark horn-brown bill,legs and feet.The juvenile is pale buffish from its underparts with distinct dark bars and pale breast and flanks are evident in them.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Cissa chinensis
(Common Green Magpie) -
Pericrocotus divaricatus
(Ashy Minivet) -
Dicrurus annectans
(Crow‑billed Drongo) -
Erpornis zantholeuca
(White‑bellied Erpornis (Yuhina)) -
Aegithina tiphia
(Common Iora) -
Tephrodornis virgatus
(Large Wood-shrike) -
Dendrocitta formosae
(Grey Treepie) -
Corvus splendens
(House Crow) -
Pericrocotus ethologus
(Long‑tailed Minivet) -
Lanius schach
(Long‑tailed Shrike)
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:Sander Bot(www.xeno-canto.org/Sander Bot), 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:Sander Bot(www.xeno-canto.org/Sander Bot), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.