During my trip to Uzbekistan in
September 2002 I observed and photographed a mystery shrike near Bukhara
city in that country. In that area I saw many Turkestan Shrike and Long-tailed
Shrike, but this bird was different. The bird was seen for a very short time -
ca 10'. I maked only these two photos.
In my opinion, this bird is a probably Brown Shrike, but I don't find any information
in bibligraphy about records of Brown Shrike in Uzbekistan.
I will be very grateful for your opinion and
help with the identification of this shrike and information about
its occurrence from that region.
Any comments are welcome and can be send directly to me marfaber@poczta.onet.pl
Marcin Faber
Poland