Shrikes and Bush-shrikes

Tony Harris is Associate Curator in the Department of Birds at the Transvaal Museum in South Africa, where he established the Fitzpatrick Bird Communication Library. He has undertaken extensive fieldwork and sound recording in southern Africa and has been researching shrike taxonomy and systematics for many years. He is the author of Shrikes of Southern Africa Kim Franklin, a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, has exhibited his work in countries throughout Europe and Africa. His illustrations have appeared in numerous books, including Birds of the Western Palearctic, Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, and the award-winning Parrots.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Sponsorship
Layout and Methods

Introduction
- History
- Characteristics of shrikes
- Shrike communication
- Communication summaries and relationships
- Glossary
- Topography
- Genera Overview

Species Accounts (1-114)

References
Appendix A: Problems of species limits and relationships
Appendix B: Comparative characters