Indeed very red-tailed and also very pale on the back. Are you sure it is a Brown Shrike?
I suspect that it is an Isabelline Shrike. I believe Buir Nuur is quite close to the easternmost breeding sites of Isabelline Shrike.
Yes guys, you are right. I checked some more pictures of this bird, and it is indeed a juvenile Isabelline Shrike.
Thanks for providing clarification.
Steve
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Beskrivelse: First inland record ever, aswell the first for Mongolia, found by german birders in easternmost Mongolia on 6th August 2010.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQOdAWCdvK8
This bird was a very vocal one, and we flushed it for several times, in size it was close to a Common Snipe (a bit smaller), and all the calls it gave sounds typical for Pin-tailed Snipe. The call was higher pitched than that of Swinhoe's and was repeated more often.
I checked some more pictures of this bird, and on all of them the leg projection is very obvious, which is also typical for Pin-tailed.
But you are right Matti, separating Pin-tailed Snipe and Swinhoe's in the field is often very hard.
Due to separating difficulties "swintail" is the name.
Not that I can verify the identification of all these but there are some good images there.
JanJ
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