LANIIDAE
TIGER SHRIKE



Location : Gua  Tempurung, Gopeng, Perak
Date : ‎20 ‎February ‎2021

17–18.5 cm Male breeding: Grey crown/nape, whitish below, rufescent above with blackish bars/scales, warm brown uppertail, no wing patch. Female breeding: Duller; bolder bars/scales above, buffy flanks with blackish scales, whitish loral-patch and thin supercilium. Adult non-breeding: Rather uniform brownish forehead to upper mantle, dull mask.Juvenile/first winter: Duller than female, uniform warmish brown crown/head-sides with blackish bars/scales, pinkish-based lower mandible. Bolder dark scaling than on Brown, no obvious dark mask. VOICE Scolding chatter in alarm. Subdued sharp tchick. HABITAT & BEHAVIOUR Forest edge, secondary growth; up to 1,220 m. Skulks. RANGE Sc/un PM E Myanmar, south Tenasserim, Thailand (ra WV south W), Pen Malaysia (also WV), Singapore (also WV), Indochina (except C,S Laos, N Annam).