In breeding season, inhabits shrubby subalpine, subarctic and taiga habitats associated with creeks and rivers. Usually nests in a small deciduous tree.
Yukon: Uncommon in subalpine and shrub tundra throughout Yukon; most common in the far north.
North America: Breeds in Alaska and across Canada’s northern taiga and boreal forest to the Labrador coast. Winters in south- eastern Alaska, southwestern Yukon, northwestern BC, and across southern Canada, the northeastern and western USA.
A robin-sized, grey bird with black mask, black wings and tail. Its predatory nature is revealed in its stout, hooked beak.
Animal | Bird |
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Bird | Shrikes (Laniidae) |
Color | black, grey, white |