One of the 3 shrikes on WAnimals
Birds · Passeriformes · Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurio
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The smallest of the shrikes of the Eurasian Palaearctic. The male has an ash-grey head, a black mask and the reddish-brown mantle that gives it its name; the female is brown and vermiculated. Like all shrikes it has a bulky head and a bill hooked at the tip.
Weight
25 g – 36 g
Size
16 cm – 18 cm
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
