Brown Shrike

Amar-Singh HSS
on 24th December 2023

Shrikes are known to impale prey on thorns or sharp broken branches. I have seen the Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus do this occasionally. On 21 December 2023 at the Malim […]

YC Wee
on 15th October 2019

“Brown Shrikes Lanius cristatus have descended upon the city and made their presence very palpable this last week as they jostle (verbally) for territorial space. An adult female, possibly L. […]

YC Wee
on 2nd December 2018

Johnny Wee’s images of a Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) caching a frog was documented at Bididari sometime ago. As typical of such butcher birds, it impaled the prey onto a […]

YC Wee
on 27th October 2018

Steven Cheong’s images, documented at Bidadari, shows a Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) that caught a frog and proceeded to impale it through a sharp broken branch. What these images show […]

YC Wee
on 16th October 2018

“There is much variation to Brown Shrikes (Lanius cristatus) that’s makes sexing, age and sub-species identification a challenge at times, especially for adult females and first year birds. In addition […]

YC Wee
on 14th October 2018

“I find that with Brown Shrikes (Lanius cristatus), the more I watch the less I know. My wife, a keen bird watcher, says that Browns Shrikes are confusing to her […]

YC Wee
on 16th April 2018

“A Brown Shrike, possibly Lanius cristatus cristatus, in moult. Note tail. “Possibly an adult female but could be a 1st winter moulting into an adult.” Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS Ipoh, […]

YC Wee
on 24th February 2018

“I am grateful to Mike Rose, a bird watching colleague based in Thailand, who first pointed out this feature on a twitter post. Although I have occasionally seen tomial teeth […]

YC Wee
on 26th December 2017

Lai Y Yan recently documented a Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) feeding on a grasshopper at Morse Park in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The shrike somehow managed to lodge the grasshopper upright […]

YC Wee
on 21st May 2017

Neo Ng’s image of a Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus), also known as Red-tailed Shrike, with a long slender Grass Lizard (Takydromus sp.) between its mandibles is shown below. Note that […]

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