Bull-headed shrike 
(Bách thanh đầu hung, Lanius bucephalus)

 


The bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the shrike family Laniidae.
The bird breeds in north-east China, Korea, Japan and far-eastern Russia. 
Northern birds migrate south for the winter with a few reaching southern China, sighted in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Vietnam. 


Traits:
- Black-eyelined;
- Brown-headed and brown-naped;
- White-throated;


Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".
bucephalus:
 Cephalus: Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος Kephalos means "head".
 bous bull, ox; kephale head

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