Berau, whose genus name Lanius originally means "butcher" in Latin. Although they survive hunting other animals, they are not actual birds of prey, and they lack strong claws.
They usually grab their prey with their feet and insert it into a sharp object, such as thorns or barbed wire, so that they can later cut the prey with a hook-shaped mouth. Hence the name "Butcher".
Burrow birds mostly inhabit areas with more open views, and usually stop at protruding high places, such as treetops, telephone poles, etc. They will take the initiative to hunt ground or aerial prey, and their main prey is large insects, sometimes catching small birds, reptiles or mammals. However, for larger northern species such as Grey Berhae, they are more likely to capture vertebrates, especially in winter.
Most species of Berlau bird spend most of their time alone outside of the breeding season. Species such as Grey Berho and Red-backed Burrough, which are distributed in temperate zones, are migratory birds that fly to breeding areas in the south in winter.
The Berau introduced today is a bird of the genus Berau, which is a genus of the family Berau, of which there are 29 species.
Most of the birds in this genus are found in Eurasia and Africa, with the more peculiar ones, such as Grey Burrow, which ranges from regions close to the polar regions, or as seen in North America. In addition, there is no distribution of species in The Braucidae in South America and Australia.
Ashburau
Lanius gubernator
It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Collar Berau
Lanius collaris
Lingberau, widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savannas, subtropical or tropical dry or high-altitude grasslands, inland wetlands, as well as arable land, plantations, country gardens and urban areas.
Northern Collar Berau
Lanius humeralis
It is found in the north by Berau, which is found in a vast area south of the Sahara in Africa. They were once subspecies of The Collar.
Prairie Grey Burrow
Lanius pallidirostris
The grassland is found in northern China, Iran, Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan. They were once subspecies of Southern Grey Berlault and are now independent species.
Dumb head Berau
Lanius ludovicianus
It is the only endemic species in North and Central America in Berauco, distributed in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Its natural habitats are dry savannas and subtropical or tropical dry sparse shrubland.
East African long-tailed Burrow
Lanius cabanisi
East African long-tailed Berau is found in Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Brown-backed Burrow
Lanius vittatus
It is widely distributed in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, and has recently been found in Sri Lanka. It often nests in bushes in jungle and farming areas.
Black EarLau
Lanius minor
It is found in the area north of the Arabian Plateau, southern Africa, from central Europe, south to Russia, Turkestan, to Afghanistan, Iran and Xinjiang in China, commonly found in mountains from plains to 1500 meters above sea level, mainly distributed in forest grasslands and cultivated areas, and nesting on broad-leaved trees and shrubs.
Red-backed Burrow
Lanius collurio
Male red-backed Burrow
Female red-backed Burrow
It is found in the United Kingdom, western Europe, central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and China's Xinjiang.
Red-tailed Burrow
Lanius cristatus
It is found in Russia, North Korea, Japan, China, Mongolia, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. It generally lives in the temperate wetland zone forest birds, commonly found in plains, hills to low mountains, and mostly nests near forest edges and open land.
Tiger Stripe Berau
Lanius tigrinus
Male tiger striped Burrow
Female tiger striped Burrow
It inhabits woods, plains to hills and mountains, and prefers to inhabit sparse edges and broad-leaved trees such as thorny shrubs and acacias. It is found in Russia, Korean Peninsula, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and Brunei. In China, the species is distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Desert Berau
Lanius isabellinus
Desert Berau is distributed in Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places in Europe, central and western Asia, Africa and China, and is commonly found in desert areas and near oases and villages.
Grey Burrow
Lanius excubitor
It is distributed in central Europe and northern Asia, wintering in Central Asia, India and Africa, and is also found in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Hebei and other places in China, and lives in sparse forests or forest clearings from plains to mountains.
Grey-backed Burrow
Lanius tephronotus
It is distributed in India, the Indochina Peninsula and China's Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Tibet, Yunnan and other places, mainly inhabiting the plains to the mountainous sparse forest areas, near farmland and farmhouses, often inhabiting the trunk branches or power lines of the treetops and nesting on broad-leaved trees or shrubs such as elms and locusts.
Grey-backed long-tailed Burrow
Lanius excubitoroides
It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savannas and subtropical or tropical dry lowland meadows.
Grey-topped Burrow
Lanius validirostris
Grey-capped Burrow is endemic to the Philippines. Their natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist cloud forests. Due to habitat destruction, the number of this species has begun to decrease.
Berau, Kenya
Lanius dorsalis
Berau, Kenya, is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry sparse shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grasslands.
Chestnut-backed Burrow
Lanius collurioides
Chestnut-backed Burao, distributed in India, the Indochina Peninsula and China's Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places, mainly inhabit the mountainous trees and shrublands.
Jí Berau
Lanius senator
Male Forest Berau
Female ForestErberry
It is found in southern Europe, the Middle East and northwestern Africa, and migrates to tropical Africa in winter. Eggs are laid on fruit trees, bare ground or sand in the countryside.
McSburau
Lanius mackinnoni
It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist cloud forests and moist savannas.
Berau, South Africa
Lanius souzae
Berau, South Africa, is found in Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
South Grey Burao
Lanius meridionalis
Southern Grey Berlault, which is closely related to Grey Berlause, although they will appear together, but do not mate with each other. It is mainly distributed in southern Europe and prefers to live in open fields.
Bullhead Berau
Lanius bucephalus
Male bullhead Berau
Female bull-headed Burrow
Bull head Berau, commonly known as red-headed Berau, is distributed in Russia, North Korea, Japan and China's Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shandong, Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong and other places.
It is commonly found in sparse broad-leaved forests or mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests in montane forests, and can be seen in plains during migration, nesting among spiny trees such as mountain butchers and larch and korean pine branches.
Holy Island Berau
Lanius Newtonian
Sao Tome Berau, endemic to Sao Tome and Principe. It had a record of its activities from 1888 to 1928 and was rediscovered in 1990.
Berau, Somalia
Lanius somalicus
Berau, Somalia, found in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry sparse shrubland.
Wedge-tailed Burrow
Lanius sphenocercus
It is distributed in Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Taiwan Island and China's Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Shanxi, Liaoning, Hebei south to the Yangtze River Basin, Fujian, Guangdong and other places, commonly found in plains to mountains, river valleys of forest edges and thin forest areas, especially grassland woodlands and semi-desert sparse forest areas, and nesting on trees or shrubs.
Cloud-spotted Burrow
Lanius nubicus
Male cloud-spotted Burrow
Female cloud-spotted Burrow
Cloud-spotted Burao is a common species in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel and Syria. It is a migratory bird that spends its breeding season in southeastern Europe and the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, and minorities can reach western Iran and migrate to northeastern Africa in winter.
Brown-tailed Burrow
Lanius phoenicuroides
Male brown-tailed Berlault
Female brown-tailed Berlau and male brown-tailed Berlau
Brown-tailed Berau is found in southern Siberia and Central Asia. It is found near sparse or shrublands.
Brown-backed Burrow
Lanius chess
Brown-backed Burao, the area spreads from Kazakhstan, through Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Indian Peninsula, to New Guinea. It is found in China, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines and the Malay Peninsula.
It mainly inhabits sparse woodlands commonly found at low altitudes, such as the top of trees such as locust, maple poplar, paulownia, elm, willow, and locust.
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