Red-tailed (Turkestan) Shrike
Lanius phoenicuroides (Schalow, 1875) (0, 7)
Photo © George Gay - North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 23 August 2020
STATUS
Central Asia to Pakistan. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Split from Isabelline Shrike to a full species in its own right. The records suggest that it is a spring visitor.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1995 Norfolk Snettisham, male, in song, 2nd May.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 89: 521; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 93; BOURC (2010), Ibis 152: 201; BOURC (2013), Ibis 155: 659).
2). 1998 Anglesey Cemlyn Bay, female, age uncertain, 2nd July to 8th August, photo.
(Birding World 11 (7): 250, photos; Birding World 11 (12): 471, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 92: 600; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 93).
3). 2002 Cornwall Porthgwarra, first-summer male, 26th June, video.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 96: 600; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 93).
4). 2003 Somerset Porlock Marsh, male, 3rd June, photo.
(D. Chown, Birding World 16 (6): 244-245, plates 1-2; Birding World 16 (12): 522, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 615; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 93).
5). 2006 Co. Durham Whitburn, male, 14th May, photo.
(Birding World 19 (5): 191, photos; P. A. Fraser and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 744; Bowey & Newsome, 2012: photo).
6). 2015 Isles of Scilly The Plains, St Martin's, 2CY+ male, 2nd July, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 600).
7). 2020 Orkney Verracott and Ancum, North Ronaldsay, 2CY+, female, trapped, 23rd to 24th August, photo, DNA analysis.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 598).
P). 2022 Yorkshire Bempton Cliffs RSPB, male, 27th June; same, Wandale Farm, 28th June to 27th August, photo.
(birding information services).
P). 2023 Sussex West Rise Marsh, Eastbourne, female, 30th May, photo.
(birding information services).
P). 2023 Fair Isle Midway and roaming, adult male, trapped, 22nd September to 13th October, photo.
(birding information services).
