Red-backed Shrike
The red-backed shrike is a common passerine bird also known as Wariangle.
It is long about 17,5 – 18,5 cm and weight 25-35 grams. The body is red-brown in the back and white-pinkish in the belly and all the inferior parts. The tail is black with white borders. The head is grey with a typical shrike black stripe through the eye.
It’s a migrating and nesting species. In our area it nests in the Monti Lattari Park. The estimated population in the national area is around 30.000-60.000 couples.
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Istituto nazionale per la fauna selvatica, Biologia e conservazione della fauna, Volume 116, anno 2008