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Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurio
(L. c. kobylini)
| Armenian Name: | Ժուլան |
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See Plate 42 for Red-backed Shrike and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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| Abundance: | Common |
| Length: | 17 cm, Wing Span:24-27 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 224. |
| Description: | Thick hooked bill, short wings, and brown or black tail. |
| Adult: | Male: blue-gray head, black mask, red-brown back, pink-white underparts. Female: brown above with grayer nape and darker brown mask. Underparts off-white scalloped with gray. |
| Juvenile: | Dull brown above with grayish nape, and extensive scalloping above and below. |
| Similar Species: | Differs from Isabelline Shrike (see Plate 61) by shorter brown or black tail, reddish-brown mantle, and lack of whitish wing patch in females and juveniles. |
| Behavior: | Perches on tops of trees, shrubs, power poles. Makes short flights between perches. |
| Habitat: | Scrubby grasslands. |
| Food: | Invertebrates, small vertebrates. |
| Nest: | Loosely woven cup of plant material in thorny shrub or small tree. |
| Eggs: | 22 mm, 3-7, gray-white to pink, brown and gray-violet spots. |
