Long-tailed Shrike

Order - Passeriformes 雀形目
Family - Laniidae 伯劳科 (Shrikes)
Genus - Lanius 伯劳属

Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach

棕背伯劳

    Size : 20–25 cm; 50–53 g (nominate), 33–42 g (erythronotus)

             

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Lanius schach erythronotus (Vigors, 1831) – Indian Long-tailed Shrike
  – SC Kazakhstan (breeding record in 2016 in NW), S Uzbekistan, E Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, NC & E Afghanistan and Pakistan (except SW) E to N & NC India; probably also NE Iran.
• Lanius schach caniceps (Blyth, 1846)
  – NC & peninsular India and N Sri Lanka.
• Lanius schach schach (Linnaeus, 1758) – Chinese Long-tailed Shrike
  – C, S & SE China (including Hainan), Taiwan and N Vietnam (Tonkin and Annam).
• Lanius schach tricolor (Hodgson, 1837) – Himalayan Long-tailed Shrike
  – Nepal and E India E to Myanmar, S China (S Xizang, Yunnan), N Laos and N Thailand.
• Lanius schach longicaudatus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1902)
  – C, SE & S Thailand and S Laos, possibly also S Myanmar (Tenasserim).
• Lanius schach bentet (Horsfield, 1821) – Sunda Long-tailed Shrike
  – S Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, SE Borneo, Bali and Lesser Sundas (E to Timor and Sermata).
• Lanius schach nasutus (Scopoli, 1786) – Philippine Long-tailed Shrike
  – Philippines (except Palawan and Sulu Is) and NE Borneo.
• Lanius schach suluensis (Mearns, 1905)
  – Sulu Archipelago (Jolo), in S Philippines.
• Lanius schach stresemanni (Mertens, 1923)
  – E New Guinea (Huon Peninsula and adjacent hinterland, S slopes of mountains in SE).

Date : 22 March 2014
塱原湿地, 上水区, 新界, 香港
Long Valley Wetland, Sheung Shui District, New Territories, Hong Kong