Isabelline Shrike
Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
Laniidae — Shrikes
Isabelline Shrike, Lanius isabellinus, is a shrike of the family Laniidae that breeds in the Palearctic and winters in southern Asia and eastern Africa. It was described by Hemprich & Ehrenberg in 1833. Its breeding range extends across a broad belt from the Caspian Sea to north and central China, reaching south-east to the Qaidam Basin. It is set apart by its isabelline plumage and red tail. Young birds can be told from young red-backed shrikes by the much sparser markings on the underparts.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae — Shrikes
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: c
- Nonbreeding range
- s Asia and e AF
