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The Long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach) is a bird found in India, Taiwan, China, Nepal and Hong Kong SAR China. Farms, scrub and gardens across South and East Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, small mammals and birds and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Long-tailed shrike lives

Farms, scrub and gardens across South and East Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs60%
• 🐭 Mammals & birds20%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Questions about the Long-tailed shrike

Where does the Long-tailed shrike live?

The Long-tailed shrike lives in India, Taiwan, China, Nepal and Hong Kong SAR China. Farms, scrub and gardens across South and East Asia.

What does the Long-tailed shrike eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 60%), small mammals and birds (about 20%), reptiles and frogs (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Long-tailed shrike endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Asia

• Swinhoe's white-eye
• Cinereous tit
• Oriental turtle dove
• Jungle babbler
• Indian robin
• Javan myna

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.