Red-tailed shrike

The red-tailed shrike or Turkestan shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the isabelline shrike and the red-backed shrike.

Red-tailed shrike
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Laniidae
Genus: Lanius
Species:
L. phoenicuroides
Binomial name
Lanius phoenicuroides
(Schalow, 1875)
  Breeding range of Lanius (isabellinus) phoenicuroides
  Breeding range of Lanius isabellinus
  Overwintering range
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