Brown Shrike

Lanius cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 15130
Family: Passeriformes > Laniidae

Brown Shrike, Yoav Perlman

Paler than the closely related Red-backed Shrike, Brown Shrike is an extremely rare visitor from eastern Asia, with only a handful of records from Britain & Ireland.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
628 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
628 records

BTO RECORDS

628 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
628 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This species is a rare vagrant and was recorded during Bird Atlas 2007–11 as shown on the map.

Brown Shrike winter distribution 2008-11
Britain and Ireland Winter Distribution 2008-2011.
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Occupied 10-km squares in UK

DISTRIBUTION CHANGE

This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Brown Shrike, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: capsigrany bru
Czech: tuhýk hnedý
Danish: Brun Tornskade
Dutch: Bruine Klauwier
Estonian: pruunõgija
Finnish: siperianlepinkäinen
French: Pie-grièche brune
German: Braunwürger
Hungarian: barna gébics
Icelandic: Brúnsvarri
Italian: Averla bruna
Latvian: Sibirijas cakste
Lithuanian: rudoji medšarke
Norwegian: Brunvarsler
Polish: dzierzba brazowa
Portuguese: picanço-castanho
Slovak: strakoš cervenochvostý
Slovenian: sibirski srakoper
Spanish: Alcaudón pardo
Swedish: brun törnskata

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