#1211 · 🐦 birds

Masked Shrike

🇳🇱 Maskerklauwier ·Lanius nubicus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Len Worthington · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Yaman Omran · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mick Sway · CC BY-ND 4.0
4. © Nik Borrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Nik Borrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © mark_spence · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Адлерский, Краснодарский край, Россия:© Shamil Murtazin · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Parvomay, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
9. Safita, Syria:© Ali Ali · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Parvomay, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The masked shrike ( Lanius nubicus ) is a bird in the shrike family, Laniidae. It breeds in southeastern Europe and at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, with a separate population in eastern Iraq and western Iran. It is migratory, wintering mainly in northeast Africa. Although it is a short-range migrant, vagrants have occurred widely elsewhere, including northern and western Europe. It is the smallest member of its genus, long-tailed and with a hooked bill. The male...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,258iNaturalist observations
weight 25 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,258 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 25 g.
Scientifically named by Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1823 (203 years ago).