Red-tailed Shrike
Lanius phoenicuroides
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Shrikes (Laniidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The red-tailed shrike or Turkestan shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the isabelline shrike and the red-backed shrike.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Iran to Pakistan, southern Kazakhstan, and far western China (western Xinjiang).
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Chad
- China
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Germany
- Greece
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mongolia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Yemen
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Red-tailed shrike
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
