Talk:Red-backed shrike

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"Its range is contracting, and it no longer breeds in England" -- So it used to during....when? The Renaissance? The 80s? Specifics would be informative here. --Menchi 23:22, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)

last breeding 1988 at Santon Downham, only a male in 1989. Article modified. jimfbleak 05:26, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Great addition. :-) --Menchi 06:46, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)

The link in reference 1 to the IUCN redlist is broken, but I cannot see how to fix it - this link is correct now - http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/22705001/0 Dmbstudio (talk) 19:14, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See Title: Nest predators affect spatial dynamics of breeding red-backed shrikes (Lanius collurio) Author(s): Roos S, Part T Source: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY Volume: 73 Issue: 1 Pages: 117-127 Published: JAN 2004 Times Cited: 30

at here - to add one day. Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:54, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and a member of the shrike family, Laniidae. It breeds in a range stretching from western Europe eastwards to central Russia, and it overwinters in the eastern areas of tropical and southern Africa. About 17 centimetres (7 inches) in length, it feeds on large insects, small birds, frogs, rodents and lizards. Like other shrikes, it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder". This male red-backed shrike was photographed at Lake Kerkini in northern Greece.

Photograph credit: Antonios Tsaknakis

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