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0:00 - Bay-backed Shrike impales its bamini prey on a thorn in its typical fashion, as a means of storage. Sexes alike. Deep chestnut-maroon back; broad black forehead-band, continuing through eyes to ear-coverts; grey crown and neck, separated from black by small white patch; white rump distinctive; black wings with white in outer flight feathers; white underbody, fulvous on breast and flanks. Solitary or in scattered pairs in open terrain; keeps lookout from a perch on some tree stump, overhead wire or bush top, usually under 4m off ground; pounces once potential prey is sighted; usually devours prey on ground, tearing it; sometimes carries it to perch; keeps to fixed territories, defended aggressively. 0:37 - Brainfever bird or Common Hawk-Cuckoo: The Common Hawk-cuckoo Cuculus varius a
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