Brown Shrike Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Lanius cristatus
Family : Laniidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : Brown Shrike is a small brown bird with a stout bill.The male look entirely rufous-brown from above and pale from below.On the contrary the female looks paler dark and faint dark scaling on its breasts and flanks.Both sexes have brown irises,horn-brown bill and plumbeous legs and feet.The juvenile has warm-brown upperparts which looks like the female. The brown shrike is a migratory bird that returns to the same wintering sites each year. They establish territories early and have a regular timing of migration. They breed from late May to June in a variety of habitats. They mainly feed on insects, which they impale on thorns, and sometimes prey on small birds and lizards. They search for prey from a perch and fly down to catch it.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Coracina macei
(Indian (Large) Cuckoo-shrike) -
Lalage melanoptera
(Black‑headed Cuckoo-shrike) -
Lanius schach
(Long‑tailed Shrike) -
Dicrurus caerulescens
(White-bellied Drongo) -
Dicrurus macrocercus
(Black Drongo) -
Lanius excubitor
(Great Grey Shrike) -
Terpsiphone affinis
(Oriental Paradise‑flycatcher) -
Dicrurus aeneus
(Bronzed Drongo) -
Dendrocitta formosae
(Grey Treepie) -
Lalage melaschistos
(Black‑winged Cuckoo-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:Sunny Tseng(www.xeno-canto.org/Sunny Tseng), 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:Sunny Tseng(www.xeno-canto.org/Sunny Tseng), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.