Philippine Shrike (Juvenile)

The Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus, Laniidae) is found mainly in Asia. Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye. It is found mainly in open scrub habitats, where it perches on the tops of thorny bushes in search of prey. Several populations of this widespread species form distinctive subspecies which breed in temperate Asia and migrate to their winter quarters in tropical Asia. Subspecies lucionensis Linnaeus, 1766, sometimes known as the Philippine Shrike (local name: Tarat, Pakis-kis), breeds in Korea and eastern China, wintering mainly in Taiwan, Philippines and also on the Andaman Islands and in peninsular India.