Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
About the Red-backed Shrike
The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family, Laniidae. Its breeding range stretches from Western Europe east to central Russia. It is migratory and winters in the eastern areas of tropical Africa and southern Africa.
A real field recording of the Red-backed Shrike. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
3 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · CC BY ×1 · Public Domain / CC0 ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 879 recordings for this species in total.
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Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.