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Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus   [Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Laniidae
BTO Codes: IL, ISASH EURING No: 15140
Number in Britain: 1 record/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: undetermined recorded in Britain (of 4 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 26 cm Weight: M/F: 30 g    
Scientific name from: L.: lanius=a butcher and Mod. L.: isabellinus=greyish-yellow
World Distribution: BREEDS: sw Asia, WINTERS: e Africa, Middle East, India
Habitat: Open woodland, scrub, savanna, farmland
Diet: Mainly insects (esp. beetles) also small mammals/birds/reptiles
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Isle of May, 1950 (Flower, W.U. & Kinnear, M.I. 1951. British Birds 44:217-219)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 68 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: August to November
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Angus & Dundee (2005), Borders (1999), Fife (1993), Lothian (1989), Outer Hebrides (2006), Orkney (2006), Shetland (2004),
   North-east England: Durham (2006), Northumberland (2006), East Yorkshire (2007),
   North-west England: Lancashire (1996),
   English Midlands:
   Eastern England: Cambridgeshire (2000), Essex (1988), Lincolnshire (2003), Norfolk (2003), Suffolk (1997),
   South-east England: Kent (2006), Greater London (1994), Surrey (1994), West Sussex (1975),
   South-west England: Cornwall (2002), Devon (2001), Dorset (1988), Gloucestershire (2001), Somerset (2003), Isles of Scilly (2006),
   Wales: Anglesey (1998), Caernarfonshire (2006), Pembrokeshire (1995),

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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh: Cigydd Gwdw
Danish: Isabellatornskade Dutch: Izabelklauwier
Finnish: Punapyrstölepinkäinen French: Pie-grièche isabelle
German: Isabellwürger Hungarian: Izabella gébics
Icelandic: Bleiksvarri Irish:
Italian: Averla isabellina Norwegian: Rødhalevarsler
Polish: Dzierzba pustynna Portuguese: Picanço-isabel
Spanish: Alcadón colirrojjo Swedish: Isabellatörnskata
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.24, June 2009). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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