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Isabelline Shrike, Daurian Shrike, Lanius isabellinus

The Isabelline Shrike or Daurian Shrike (Lanius isabellinus) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was previously considered conspecific with the red-backed shrike and red-tailed shrike.

Isabelline Shrike, Daurian Shrike, Lanius isabellinus
Range map
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Description
The plumage is isabelline, the sandy colour which gives rise to its name. It has a red tail. Young birds can be distinguished from young red-backed shrikes by the much sparser vermiculations on the underparts.

Length: 17,5-18 cm
Wingspan: cm
Weight: g
Longevity: -
Distinctive Feature
Similar Species
Red-tailed Shrike and juvenile Red-backed Shrike.

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Isabelline Shrike, Daurian Shrike, Lanius isabellinus
Lanius isabellinus - MHNT
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Etymology
The genus name, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The common name is from the specific isabellinus, New Latin for "greyish-yellow" probably named for Isabella I of Castile, said to have promised not to change her undergarments until Spain was freed from the Moors.

The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call.

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.



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Conservation status
Isabelline Shrike, Daurian Shrike, Lanius isabellinus
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2.
International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.



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Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 30 November 2018
Location: Saih al Salam Desert Reserve, Dubai, U.A.E


Isabelline Shrike, Daurian Shrike, Lanius isabellinus
Isabelline Shrike - Saih al Salam Desert Reserve, Dubai, U.A.E - 30 November 2018

Isabelline Shrike, Daurian Shrike, Lanius isabellinus
Isabelline Shrike - Saih al Salam Desert Reserve, Dubai, U.A.E - 30 November 2018

Isabelline Shrike, Daurian Shrike, Lanius isabellinus
Isabelline Shrike - Saih al Salam Desert Reserve, Dubai, U.A.E - 30 November 2018

Isabelline Shrike, Daurian Shrike, Lanius isabellinus
Isabelline Shrike - Flamigo Hide at Ras al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, Dubai, U.A.E - 3 December 2018



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