Pale-billed Great-Backed Shrike

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Pale-billed Great-Backed Shrike sent on 10 Febbraio 2026 (9:25) by Caco3. 6 comments, 107 views.

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13 persons like it: Boland, Claudiocalzolari, Codromodro77, Dario M., Fausto Pesce, Favaratorob, IamUnPhotographer, Jonathan68, Nonnachecca, Renavett, Simoneperi1967, Stefania Saffioti, Vincenzo Sciumè

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Dario M.

sent on 10 Febbraio 2026 (21:20) | This comment has been translated

Excellent!

Caco3

sent on 10 Febbraio 2026 (22:49) | This comment has been translated

Thank you!

Codromodro77

sent on 22 Aprile 2026 (19:24) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

The shrike is that bird that has the ends of its beak crossed together, isn't it? Very well taken.

Caco3

sent on 23 Aprile 2026 (11:07) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Yes, because being carnivorous, the tips are used to dismember prey.
This kind of shrike does not live here but in central Asia, presumably it arrived in Genoa with a merchant ship, in fact it was stationed all last winter near one of the commercial ports on the outskirts of Genoa, now it is not known where it has gone

Codromodro77

sent on 23 Aprile 2026 (12:27) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thanks for the info, I remember that some varieties of African shrikes - if I'm not mistaken - were accused of cruelty as they pierce prey, especially insects or lizards, on acacia thorns (as a pantry, I think).

Caco3

sent on 23 Aprile 2026 (13:25) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

It does not do it out of cruelty but unlike birds of prey that hold the prey with their claws and tear it apart with their beak, the shrike has passerine legs so it uses its spines to keep it in place. Generally it is hoped that the prey both in the case of birds of prey and in the case of shrikes as for any other predator is killed before being torn to pieces but this is not always the case. Nature is often cruel

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