Masked Shrike - Lanius nubicus

Pie-grièche masquée

Masked Shrike male adult breeding
This bird favours mixed evergreen Oak/Olive groves where it perches unobtrusively picking off large invertebrates that come by.
  • adult
  • breeding
  • Alcaudón núbico
  • picanço-da-núbia
  • Maskenwürger
  • Lanius nubicus
  • Passeriformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Passériformes
Family : Laniidae
Species : Masked Shrike

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

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The picture

O.Net ref. : stga49067
Author :
Gender : ♂
Plumage : adult, breeding

Shooting

date : 2005 Jul
Country : Greece (gr)
Region : North Aegean
Place : Skála Kallonís Skála Kallonís
Lat. : 39° 12' 42'' North
Lng. : 26° 12' 11'' East

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : Canon 1Ds

Exposure : 1/500s s

aperture : f5.6


Focal length : 700 mm


Iso : 100


Flash : no