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    Posted: 03 Oct 2013 at 8:58pm

Long tailed Shrike / Gandhari (गांधारी) / Butcher Bird (खाटिक)



The Long-tailed Shrike or Rufous-backed Shrike (Lanius schach) is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes. . It is found mainly in scrub and open habitats.

 Commonly, called as Gandhari or Butcher bird. Gandhari because of black stripe around eyes, and Butcher bird because They sometimes impale prey on a thorny bush after feeding just on the head or brain. 

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Pranoti , 
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Expecting more birds info in future.

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