Long-tailed Shrike

The Long-tailed Shrike or Rufous-backed Shrike (Lanius schach Linnaeus, 1758) is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes. Also called Tarat San Pedro, Tarat San Diego, or Mamumugot in Tagalog. They are found widely distributed across Asia, both on the mainland and the eastern archipelagos. There are variations in plumage across the range, and island forms include nasutus (Philippine lslands from Mindanao to Luzon and north Borneo), suluensis (Sulu Island). Although there are considerable differences in plumage among the subspecies, they all have a long and narrow black tail, have a black mask and forehead, rufous rump and flanks and a small white patch on the shoulder.