#0686 · 🐦 birds

Red-backed Shrike

🇳🇱 Grauwe Klauwier ·Lanius collurio

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Radovan Václav · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Максим Стефанович · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Viktor N. Chekan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Иван Матершев · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Filip Vyskočil · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © אריאל שמיר · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Vladimir Yu. Arkhipov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The red-backed shrike ( Lanius collurio ) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family Laniidae. The genus name, Lanius , is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The specific collurio is from Ancient Greek kollurion , a bird mentioned by Aristotle. The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc , "shriek", referring to the shrill call.

base stats

NL sightings 191iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 55,272iNaturalist observations
weight 3.2 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).