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Lanius

  • Brown Shrike

    Brown shrike 
    (Bách thanh nâu or Bách thanh mày trắng, Lanius cristatus)

    The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a bird in the shrike family Laniidae that is found mainly in Asia.

    Trait: Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye and eyeline, white brow (above), ruffous cap which extends to neck, long square tail.
    Habitats: found mainly in open scrub.

    Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".
    cristatus: From Latin crista (“the comb or tuft on the head of animals; tuft of leaves on plants; crest of a helmet”).

  • Burmese Shrike

    Burmese Shrike 
    (Bách thanh nhỏ, Lanius collurioides)

    Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".

    The suffix -ides means "son or descendant of".
    collurio from the Greek “kollurion”, name already mentioned by Aristotle to indicate a small bird having aggressive attitudes.

     "shrike" is from Middle English *schrike, *schryke, from Old English sċrīc, "shriek", from the same root as shriek and screech, referring to the bird's shrill cry or call.


    Burmese Shrike is a passerine bird in the genus Lanius of the shrike family Laniidae. 

  • Gray-Backed Shrike

    Grey-backed shrike 
    (Bách thanh lưng xám, Lanius tephronotus)

    The grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus) is a bird in the family Laniidae inhabiting South-east Asia.


    Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".
    tephronota, tephronotum, tephronotus: Greek tephros ash-coloured; -notos-backed (noton back).

  • Lanius

    Lanius, the typical shrikes, are a genus of passerine birds in the shrike family Laniidae. The majority of the family's species are placed in this genus.

    Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".

    1/ Long-tailed shrike or rufous-backed shrike (Bách thanh đuôi dài, Lanius schach)
    2/ Bull-headed shrike (Bách thanh đầu hung, Lanius bucephalus)
    3/  Brown shrike (Bách thanh nâu or Bách thanh mày trắng, Lanius cristatus)
    4/ Burmese shrike (Bách thanh nhỏ, Lanius collurioides)
    5/ tiger shrike or thick-billed shrike (Bách thanh vằn, Lanius tigrinus)

    6/ Grey-backed shrike (Bách thanh lưng xám, Lanius tephronotus)

  • Long-Tailed Shrike

    Long-Tailed Shrike
    Rufous-Backed Shrike 
    (Bách thanh đuôi dài, Lanius schach)

    The long-tailed shrike or rufous-backed shrike (Lanius schach) is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes.

    Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".
    The specific schach is an onomatopoeic name based on the call.
    The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call.

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