Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurio
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The red-backed shrike 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.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae
- Genus
- Lanius