Great grey shrike - Wikipedia
The great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large and predatory songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric southern relatives, the Iberian grey shrike (L. meridionalis), the Chinese grey shrike (L. sphenocerus) and the American loggerhead shrike (L. ludovicianus). Males and females are ...
Great Grey Shrike Bird Facts (Lanius excubitor) | Birdfact
The Great Grey Shrike is a medium-sized passerine with a distinctive appearance. It has a pale grey body, white underparts, and a striking black mask across its eyes. The wings are black with white patches, and the tail is long and black with white outer feathers.
Great Grey Shrike - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on ... - Animalia
If no prey ventures out in the open, Great grey shrikes will rummage through the undergrowth or sit near hiding places and flash their white wing and tail markings to scare small animals into coming out. Great grey shrikes sometimes try to attract small songbirds by mimicking their calls, so they may attempt to catch them for food.
Great Gray Shrike - eBird
Thrush-sized bird; pale gray overall with black mask. In flight, watch for white patches in the wings. In areas of overlap, compare with other gray shrikes. Inhabits open habitats with scattered vegetation, from open forests to bogs and brushy meadows.
Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Species Guide | Birda
The Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large, predatory songbird of the shrike family, Laniidae. Both sexes exhibit similar plumage, characterized by a pearly grey back, a distinctive black eye-mask, and pristine white underparts.
Great grey shrike - The Wildlife Trusts
A mostly grey bird, around the size of a blackbird. It appears large-headed, with a black eye mask and a stout bill that curves down at the tip. The wings are black with a white flash and the long, rounded tail is black with white sides. From a distance, great grey shrikes can appear strikingly pale. They will sometimes hover.
Great Grey Shrike - BirdForum Opus
Similar to adult except duller and faintly barred, with dark grey where adult black, and slight pinkish base to bill. Populations differ in color of both upper- and underside, extent of white on scapulars, wings and tail, size and shape of black mask and bill, and in presence vs absence of and if present in color of supercilium.
Great Grey Shrike (Great Grey) - eBird
Learn about Great Grey Shrike (Great Grey): explore photos, sounds, and observations collected by birders around the world.
Great Grey Shrike | Bird Identification Guide | Bird Spot
Great grey shrikes have pale grey upperparts with a bluish wash. The rump and uppertail coverts are grey but paler still. The upperwing is black with a white wing bar across the primary bases and a white patch on the secondary bases. The flight feathers and tertials have white tips, and the scapulars are white.
Great Grey Shrike - Britain's Wildlife
The great grey shrike, northern grey shrike, or northern shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric southern relatives, the southern grey shrike (L. meridionalis), the Chinese grey shrike (L. sphenocerus) and the loggerhead shrike (L. ludovicianus).