Long-tailed Shrike
Lanius schach
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyLaniidae (Shrikes)
- GenusLanius (Typical Shrikes)
- SpeciesLanius schach (Long-tailed Shrike)
The long-tailed shrike or rufous-backed shrike (Lanius schach) is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes. They are found widely distributed across Asia and there are variations in plumage across the range. The species ranges across much of Asia, both on the mainland and the eastern archipelagos. The eastern or Himalayan subspecies, L. s. tricolor, is sometimes called the black-headed shrike. 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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Jiuzhaigou National Park
Grey-backed Shrike
Lanius tephronotus
Tiger Shrike
Lanius tigrinus
Bull-headed Shrike
Lanius bucephalus
Brown Shrike
Lanius cristatus
Chestnut Thrush
Turdus rubrocanus
Elliot's Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron elliotii
Buff-barred Warbler
Phylloscopus pulcher
Chinese White-browed Rosefinch
Carpodacus dubius
White-throated Redstart
Phoenicurus schisticeps
Gray-headed Bullfinch
Pyrrhula erythaca
Rufous-vented Tit
Periparus rubidiventris
White-backed Thrush
Turdus kessleri
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Long-tailed Shrike at Jiuzhaigou National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there