Grey-backed Shrike

How to identify

Field marks

1. Black mask through the eye, extending to the rear of the ear-coverts
2. Crown and most upperparts dark gray in the nominate subspecies
3. Rump rusty
4. Tail chestnut-brown with a buff tip in the nominate subspecies

Male, female and young

Sexes very similar; juvenile has browner upperparts, a brownish rather than black mask, and fine barring on the crown.

Voice

Rough and wheezy; territorial call is grating, like “zzert-zzert”.

Where and when it's recorded

Grey-backed Shrike has been recorded at 541 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 10 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W), AKA Doi San JuThailand659 records
2. Kaziranga NP & Surroundings – Eastern RangeIndia511 records
3. Kaziranga NP & Surroundings – Western RangeIndia471 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaChinaNepalThailandBhutanBangladeshVietnamMyanmar (Burma)

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

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