Red-tailed shrike

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| name = Red-tailed shrike

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2016 |title=Lanius phoenicuroides |volume=2016 |page=e.T103718714A104092963 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103718714A104092963.en |access-date=8 August 2021}}

| image = 0T4A6719.jpg

| genus = Lanius

| species = phoenicuroides

| authority = (Schalow, 1875)

| range_map = Lanius isabellinus and Lanius phoenicuroides distr.png

| range_map_caption =

{{leftlegend|#CC7722|Breeding range of Lanius (isabellinus) phoenicuroides|outline=gray}}

{{leftlegend|#DAA520|Breeding range of Lanius isabellinus|outline=gray}}

{{leftlegend|#154E13|Overwintering range|outline=gray}}

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The red-tailed shrike or Turkestan shrikeMessage, Stephen (2001) "The Turkestan Shrike in Kent" Birding World 14(10):432–434 (Lanius phoenicuroides) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the isabelline shrike and the red-backed shrike.