Shrikes of the World (Helm Identification Guides)

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The identification of minor is not straightforward though it shows on average more well-streaked breast-sides and flanks than comminutus. However, these features are subject to variation. Biometrics are useful, minor being larger and longer-winged than comminutus.

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Willow Tit comprises fourteen subspecies but only three are of relevance here – kleinschmidti (‘British Willow Tit’) from Britain, borealis (‘Northern Willow Tit’) from Scandinavia, Denmark, the Baltic States, European Russia and Ukraine and rhenanus (‘Central European Willow Tit’) breeding on the near-continent east to westernmost Germany and north-west Switzerland. Sustaita, Diego; Rubega, Margaret A.; Farabaugh, Susan M. (2018). "Come on baby, let's do the twist: the kinematics of killing in loggerhead shrikes". Biology Letters. 14 (9). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0321. PMC 6170751. PMID 30185607. Shrike". Oxford English Dictionary (Onlineed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) Shrike” is the common name for predatory birds in the family Laniidae (not to be confused with other birds with similar-sounding names like the antshrikes or the shrike-tits). According to some sources, the word comes from an Old English word for “shriek” and is a reference to the sound of these birds' calls. The subspecies soemmerringii is therefore clearly a potential vagrant and may already be occurring. However, variation within monedula and intergradation between monedula and soemmerringii make confident diagnosis of the latter in a vagrant context problematic.

Nash, M. 2012. Great Grey Shrikes at Fakenham and Felbrigg. Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 2011. Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists’ Society.

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Policies enacted by Congress and federal agencies, such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have a huge impact on America's birds. You can help shape these rules for the better by telling lawmakers to prioritize birds, bird habitat, and bird-friendly measures. To get started, visit ABC's Action Center. Lewington, I. 1999. Separation of Pallid Swift and pekinensis Common Swift. Birding World 12: 450-452. Cramp, S. et al. 1980. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Shrikes vocally imitate their prey to lure them for capture. [14] In 1575, this was noted by the English poet George Turberville.

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Fuchs, J.; Alström, P.; Yosef, R.; Olsson, U. (2019). "Miocene diversification of an open‐habitat predatorial passerine radiation, the shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes: Laniidae)" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 48 (5): 571–588. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12363. S2CID 202027002. Norbert Lefranc is a French ornithologist specialising in the ecology of shrikes. He has travelled all over the world in search of shrikes and other birds, publishing many papers and four books, including Les Pies-grièches d'Europe, d'Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient (1993) and the first edition of the present book (1997). He worked as a biodiversity officer for the Ministry of Ecology in the 'Grand Est'. Now retired, he spends his time contributing to research and conservation actions led by NGOs, particularly by the Société d'Etudes Ornithologiques de France (SEOF) and the Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO/Birdlife France). Vireonidae, vireos, including Cyclarhis peppershrikes, Vireolanius shrike-vireos and Pteruthius shrike-babblers Glutz von Blotzheim, U. N. & Bauer, K. M. 1993. Handbuch der Vögel Mitteleuropas 13/III. Wiesbaden.

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Wernham, C., Toms, M., Marchant, J., Clark, J., Siriwardena, G. & Baillie, S. (eds). 2002. The Migration Atlas: Movements of the Birds of Britain and Ireland. T. & A. D. Poyser, London. The subspecies kleinschmidti is a declining breeder in Britain. Otherwise only borealis is on the British List with two accepted records (in Gloucestershire in March 1907 and in Yorkshire in February 1975). The 1907 record was reviewed by BOURC in 2009 and remains accepted (BOURC 38 th Report). There are a number of other British claims (e.g. Brown & Grice 2005) but they appear not to have been submitted to BBRC despite a request for records ( British Birds 77:123). The subspecies rhenanus is said to be largely sedentary and is probably an unlikely vagrant.

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The species accounts give information about the past and current distribution, along with threats and conservation status. Detailed and fully revised maps accompany the authoritative text, along with hundreds of high-quality photos showcasing racial and ageing differences as well as interesting aspects of shrike behaviour. An exceptional new series of plates by Tim Worfolk have been created, with more individual plumages shown than in the previous edition.