Dear Friends, Good Morning Brown Shirke / Bandipur ( Karnataka, - TopicsExpress



          

Dear Friends, Good Morning Brown Shirke / Bandipur ( Karnataka, India) / Jan 2015 The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the red-backed shrike (L. collurio) and isabelline shrike (L. isabellinus). Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black bandit-mask through the eye. and is found mainly in open scrub habitats, where it perches on the tops of thorny bushes in search of prey. Several populations of this widespread species form distinctive subspecies which breed in temperate Asia and migrate to their winter quarters in tropical Asia. - Wikipedia
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 01:49:03 +0000

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