PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN...(Observe the Bird and recognize)...ISABELLINE/DAURIAN SHRIKE

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 531/556(Observe the Bird and recognize)...ISABELLINE/DAURIAN SHRIKE... WATERCOLOUR...A4...2015... [FROM PHOTOGRAPH OF MR. SONU ARORA] ... The isabelline shrike or Daurian shrike (Lanius isabellinus) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was previously considered conspecific with the red-backed shrike and red-tailed shrike.
This migratory medium-sized passerine eats large insects, small birds, rodents and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a larder. It breeds in open cultivated country, preferably with thorn bushes.
The plumage is isabelline, the sandy colour which gives rise to its name. It has a red tail. Young birds can be distinguished from young red-backed shrikes by the much sparser vermiculations on the underparts.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA]