Bull-headed Shrike

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has a brown crown, white supercilium and black mask
2. Back gray-brown, wings dark with a white patch
3. Flanks rusty, rest of underparts white with fine barring
4. Bill short, stout and powerful, with a downturned tip

Male, female and young

Female is darker and browner, with a brown mask and no white patch on the wing.

Voice

Harsh scraping and chattering sounds; also mimics other birds.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: January and October · Most records: Japan, South Korea, China

Bull-headed Shrike has been recorded at 412 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 3 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Edogawa Ward – Kasai Rinkai Park / Kasai Kaihin ParkJapan649 records
2. Ota Ward – Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park (including Tidal Pond)Japan409 records
3. Niigata – Lake ToyanogataJapan346 records

Countries and regions with the most records

JapanSouth KoreaChina

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the shrike family Laniidae.

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