Red-tailed (Turkestan) Shrike
Lanius phoenicuroides (Schalow, 1875) (0, 11)
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). 2019 Shetland Levenwick, Mainland, 2CY+, male, 28th to 29th September, photo, DNA analysis.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 618; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 708).
8). 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).
9). 2022 Yorkshire Bempton Cliffs RSPB then Wandale Farm, Bempton, 2CY+, male, 27th June to 27th August, photo, DNA analysis.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 708).
10). 2023 Sussex West Rise Marsh, 2CY+, female, 30th May, photo.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 708).
11). 2023 Fair Isle Schoolton then roaming, 2CY+, male, trapped, 22nd September to 13th October, photo, DNA analysis.
(Scottish Birds 44: plate 122; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 708).
