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red-backed shrike

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red-backed shrike
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a common Eurasian shrike, Lanius collurio, the male of which has a grey crown and rump, brown wings and back, and a black-and-white face


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The mainland highlight was a juvenile red-backed shrike at RSPB Conwy, a first for the reserve, that stayed only a few hours.
Sean Fitzpatrick, honorary life vice-president of the National Council for Aviculture, pleaded guilty to owning 20 live red-backed shrikes and three stone chats.
Dimiter Georgiev, an ornithologist from nearby Varna, said the habitats of numerous species would be "directly disturbed and destroyed by this construction", including those of otters, butterflies, woodpeckers, honey buzzards, lesser spotted eagles and red-backed shrikes.
 
 
 
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