Bay-backed Shrike or Lathora, in Bandhavgarh

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Bird in Bandhavgarh. Bay-backed Shrike or Lathora. The curved beak of the Shrike helps it catch insect prey and store the same for consumption later. Oftentimes a shrike will impale a dead insect on a thorn and store it for use later on... This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... rupindang (at) gmail.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.