Excuse me, what kind of bird is this? Do you have a picture?

Chinese name: passeriformes

Chinese name: shrike

Chinese name: shrike

Common name of China: Big Red Back Shrike.

Latin name: Ranius Zazie

English name: Long-tailed Shrike

Name and year of species: Linnai, 1758, also known as "Guilem" and "Huangshriu". It belongs to passerine, shrike. Widely distributed in the east coast and south of China, including Taiwan Province and Hainan provinces.

Morphological characteristics:

Brown-backed shrike also has the general characteristics of shrike, with a big head, a short and strong beak, a concave upper beak, and a pointed hook bent downward at the apex, which can firmly grasp animals, making it difficult for them to escape from their mouths, and short and strong feet. It is about 24 cm long and weighs 70 ~ 90 grams. Adult bird: the forehead, eye lines, wings and tail are all black, and the wings have a white spot; The top of the head and the back neck are gray or gray-black; The back, waist and sides are red and brown; The center of the chin, throat, chest and abdomen

The parts are white. The distribution of black in the head and back varies with subspecies. Sub-adult bird: dark in color, with horizontal spots on both sides and back, and dark gray on the head and back. Dark "dark black shrike" is not uncommon in Hong Kong and Guangdong, and it is occasionally found in other parts of the distribution area. Habitat in open plains and low mountains, often in fields, orchards and trees. It is fierce, with strong jaws and claws, and a strong beak bite. It is good at preying on insects, birds and other animals, and can even attack or kill birds older than itself, such as partridges. The smaller eagle is often chased by it.

Living habits

They are used to living alone, generally inhabiting open plains and low mountains, and sometimes near gardens, farmland and village houses.

Activities. They often stop on the branches in the open space and look around. Once they find their prey, they will jump on it quickly and return to the original branches to peck. Shrike habitually stops at the same place for food, which is also called sitting still hunting. Their food includes insects such as scarabs, elephants, crickets, locusts, bedbugs and caterpillars, small vertebrates such as frogs, lizards and mice, and sometimes even birds such as green hydrangeas. Although their upper beak is hooked like an eagle's beak and their claws are strong, they are still slightly inferior to real raptors such as eagles, so when tearing small vertebrates, they have to use branches or spikes to fix their prey. Usually, I often stop at Lujian, look around, and when I see food on the ground, I kill it directly. It can also prey on flying insects and birds in the air. He is good at singing on tree crowns and overhead cables. His songs are often cocky, exciting and powerful, and can imitate its birdsong.