Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Rødrygget Tornskade

Rødrygget Tornskade

Short abstract from the book:
The red-backed shrike is a fairly common breeding bird and passage migrant in Denmark. The breeders arrive in the first half of May and depart in August-September. Migrants pass in May-June and in August-September. In Denmark the first red-backed shrike was ringed in 1922, with the highest number ringed in 1976 (709). Half of the recovered birds were ringed on Christiansø and only eight were ringed west of the Great Belt. The ringed birds are mainly of Danish and Swedish origin. South of Denmark, the first bird was recovered in Dresden in Germany on 25 August; in September birds have been recovered in Greece and Egypt. One bird was recovered in northern Italy in November. The fastest bird was ringed on Christiansø on 20 August and recovered in Greece 20 days later. Four birds ringed on Christiansø migrated in unexpected directions, to Falsterbo, Blekinge and Öland. One bird was recovered in the presumed winter quarters in central Africa during winter, in DR Congo on 1 December. A few other birds were recovered south of the Sahara in April and May/June, indicating a late spring migration. The first bird was recovered in Denmark on 7 May. Forty-two per cent of the recovered birds were recorded by ringers. Of 38 dead birds, most had been hunted, collided with vehicles or killed by cats.

Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlas here

Ringing data for Red-backed Shrike

 
Datavisning: genmeldinger    genmeldinger/mærkninger    mærkninger
Sæson: alle    vinter    forår    sommer    efterår
Periode: alle    før 2003    2003 og frem    seneste 365 dage


Data

Birds ringed
Birds ringed 3.109
Ringed as chicks 0 (0,0%)
Recoveries
No. of recoveries 234
No. of individuals 0
Proportion recovered 0,0%