Geoff,
Whilst I agree that cristatus is the commonly occurring Brown Shrike taxon in autumn, the bird you photographed looks more like lucionensis to me (based on the grey tones to the crown, nape and matle and poorly defined mask).
Autumn cristatus look more like this:
http://orientalbirdimages.org/se ... _ID=&pagesize=1
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Last edited by lpaul at 9/09/2011 08:20 ]