Bay-backed Shrike

The bay-backed shrike is a smallish shrike, 17 cm long, maroon-brown above with a pale rump and a long black tail with white edges. The underparts are white with buff flanks, the crown and nape are grey, and there is the typical shrike black bandit mask through the eye, a small white wing patch and dark grey bill and legs. The sexes are similar (Wikipedia, general species account).

It perches upright on a bush and sallies after lizards, large insects, small birds and rodents, sometimes impaling prey on a thorn so it can be torn apart. It is a widespread resident or breeder in southern Asia, and Wikipedia says it is occasionally found in Sri Lanka. It nests in bushes in scrubby areas and cultivation. The 2012 National Red List gives no status under this name.