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Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 30,589, February 22,592, March 35,397, April 55,689, May 80,294, June 87,555, July 93,690, August 80,573, September 59,155, October 44,155, November 24,128, December 18,858.
United States632,674
Alaska632,674
Russia13,238
Germany4,357
Ukraine2,177
Italy2,155
France1,742
Kursk Oblast1,365
South Africa1,223
Austria1,167

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyShrikes · Laniidae
GenusTypical Shrikes · Lanius

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