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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

The Red-backed Shrike: A Vanishing British Species

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1973
Authors:Bibby, C
Journal:Bird Study
Volume:20
Issue:2
Date Published:1973
ISBN Number:0006-3657
Keywords:Laniidae, Lanius, Lanius collurio, Lanius schach
Abstract:Within the next decade the Red-backed Shrike may cease to exist as a British breeding bird. The picture painted by this latest survey of its status is a gloomy one. It would appear that the combined pressures of an adverse climatic trend, the fragmentation of its habitat in the name of ?development?, and not least over-collecting of its eggs, have reduced the population to a dangerously low level.Within the next decade the Red-backed Shrike may cease to exist as a British breeding bird. The picture painted by this latest survey of its status is a gloomy one. It would appear that the combined pressures of an adverse climatic trend, the fragmentation of its habitat in the name of ?development?, and not least over-collecting of its eggs, have reduced the population to a dangerously low level.
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00063657309476365
Short Title:Bird Study
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