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Fiscal shrike
Fiscal shrike (Lanius collaris) perched on a bare shrub. Fiscal shrikes are predatory songbirds that have a hooked beak to feed on meat, but lack the talons of a bird-of-prey. Shrikes share a similarity with butcherbirds (Cracticus sp.) where they impale their prey on plant thorns, or wedge it in the fork of a tree, to support it and store it for later consumption. Prey ranges from insects to worms and small mammals or lizards. Fiscal shrikes are found throughout most of Sub-Saharan Africa. Photographed in Kenya in September.
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