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The Red-backed Shrike is a small carnivorous bird known for hunting insects and small animals, which it sometimes impales on thorns or sharp objects as a distinctive hunting behavior. This species is notable for its role in controlling insect populations and serves as an indicator of ecosystem health in the regions where it lives.
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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lanius
- Award
- Bird of the Year
- Mass
- +3.15
- Image
- Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio).jpg
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Article
The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family, Laniidae. Its breeding range stretches from Western Europe east to central Russia. It is migratory and winters in the eastern areas of tropical Africa and southern Africa.
Taxonomy