Thailand

Gray-backed Shrike

Khao Yai National Park

16Mar2016

Breed at the highest altitude for shrikes...in Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal,
Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Lanius tephronotus

(L 8.9-10.0")

Lanius means butcher;

tephronotus in Greek
means gray back.

Hark—hark—from out the thickest fog

Warbles with might and main

The fearless shrike, as all agog

To find in fog his gain.

(Henry David Thoreau)