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Red-backed shrike
| Red-backed shrike | |
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| Adult male | |
| Red-backed shrike song | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Laniidae |
| Genus: | Lanius |
| Species: | L. collurio
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| Binomial name | |
| Lanius collurio | |
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| Range of L. collurio Breeding Passage Non-breeding
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The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family, Laniidae. Its breeding range stretches from Western Europe east to central Russia. It is migratory and winters in the eastern areas of tropical Africa and southern Africa.
- ^ BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Lanius collurio". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22705001A110988087. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22705001A110988087.en. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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