BROWN SHRIKE

Photographed on Langkawi, Malaysia, April 2017

(*   928)               BROWN SHRIKE             Lanius cristatus 

MALAYSIA                 61

Found in cultivation, gardens and open ground with bushes, scattered trees and grassland. 19 cm. Resident through vast areas of temperate E. Asia.

BROWN SHRIKE

Photographed March 2017

(* 928)                BROWN SHRIKE                        Lanius cristatus

SRI LANKA                    32

Found in open country with trees or bushes. 18-19 cm. Brown (L c cristatus) is a common winter migrant; 'Philippine' (L c luciorensis) is a rare but regular winter migrant. 

BROWN SHRIKE

Photographed on Cocos Islands December 2016

(see   928)         BROWN SHRIKE               Lanius cristatus 

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)         664

Found in open country, cultivation, gardens, secondary growth, forest edges. 19-20 cm. Breeds in temperate Asia and migrate to tropical Asia.; vagrant to Christmas and Cocos Islands.

BROWN SHRIKE

Photographed in Singapore (Kranji Wetlands) November 2016

928                 BROWN SHRIKE              Lanius cristatus

SINGAPORE (Kranji Wetlands)              (86)

Migrant found in secondary forests, old plantations, mangroves, open scrub, grasslands and parkland. 19 cm. Breeds across C Siberia, east to N China, Korea, Japan, and Kamchatka and south to E Tibetan Plateau; winters in Indian sub-continent, S China, and most of Southeast Asia, east to Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas.