ML616618381

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Seen a single individual enroute Sangetsar lake. Initially thought of it to be Great Gray Shrike. But was unsure due to lack of distribution in Arunachal. Confirmed as Giant Shrike later by Salehin Md Habib and Sandeep Biswas. The bird flew to a pole where it perched and could be photographed. Long tail was observed in flight, almost giving a Magpie-like first impression. Suggested pointers: 3 similar looking shrikes 1.great grey 2.chinese grey 3.giant shrike. Lack of distribution for Great Gray in this altitude and area. Chinese gray and great grey have a white eyebrow, which is missing in the bird in photograph. Also a faint pinkish wash on underparts is observed that can matched with that of Giant shrike. Chinese gray occurs far away from India, where as Giant shrike occurs near to Tibet and China which are very close to India. Lastly, Giant has longer looking tail which is seen in one of the images.

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P950

ISO

100

Focal length

499.8 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

4608 pixels x 3456 pixels

Original file size

4.19 MB