Red-tailed shrike

Red-tailed shrike
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Laniidae
Genus: Lanius
Species:
L. phoenicuroides
Binomial name
Lanius phoenicuroides
(Schalow, 1875)
  Breeding range of Lanius (isabellinus) phoenicuroides
  Breeding range of Lanius isabellinus
  Overwintering range

The red-tailed shrike or Turkestan shrike[2] (Lanius phoenicuroides) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the isabelline shrike and the red-backed shrike.

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2016). "Lanius phoenicuroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103718714A104092963. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103718714A104092963.en. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ Message, Stephen (2001) "The Turkestan Shrike in Kent" Birding World 14(10):432–434