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Common name:

Great Grey Shrike

Ladakhi name:

unknown

Scientific name:

Lanius tephronotu

Order:

Passeriformes

Family:

laniidae

fun facts:

The Great Grey Shrike is a large songbird and is a summer visitor. It can be spotted singly perching on bushes, post, wires and lower branches of trees up to 4000m.

The sexes look the same.

Bird Club Contributor:

Padma Gyalpo, Shey