Red Backed Shrike

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Red Backed Shrike
Latin: Lanius collurio
Other: Pie-grièche écorcheur
Family: Laniidae • Shrikes

Female to the left, male, with black Zorro mask, to the right. The Red Backed Shrike was most common of the three shrikes I have seen so far.