Long-tailed Shrike
Lanius schach Linnaeus, 1758 (0, 1)
Photo © By Medha Timmanna Bhat - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95805293
STATUS
Southern Eurasia and Orient. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
Of the five races of this species it was considered to be a first-winter of the migratory northern race L. s. erythronotus.
BBRC RECORD
1). 2000 Outer Hebrides Howbeg and Howmore, South Uist, first-winter, 3rd to 4th November, probably since 27th October, photo.
(A. Stevenson, Birding World 13 (11): 454-457, plates 1-4; Birding World 13 (12): 494, photo; A. Stevenson, Birding Scotland 4 (1): 8-10, plates 1-3; Birding Scotland 4 (2): plate 81; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 615; A. Stevenson, British Birds 98: 26-31, plates 8-10; BOURC (2005) Ibis 147: 246-250; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photos).
