Could someone ID this guy please?

[Claudia Fanelli]

Hi there!
I am brand new here and at the suggestion of Mike Pancier I am posting this picture to see if someone can id it. It was taken in an (tropical) aviary but even the website doesn't include the name.

Thanks!
Claudia

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2683/4125921131_31ec97c9ab.jpg

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome to BPN, Claudia! This is a tough one and I hope someone can help identifying the bird.

[Paul Lagasi]

Welcome..This really was a tough one...I'd been searching online for about and hour, typing in all types of combinations for shrike like birds...then I went to my old standby where I can search by types of birds from all over the world

http://www.bird-stamps.org/

Took me a while..but this is called a Magpie Shrike also known as the African Long-Tailed Shrike found in southern part of Africa.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome..This really was a tough one...I'd been searching online for about and hour, typing in all types of combinations for shrike like birds...then I went to my old standby where I can search by types of birds from all over the world

http://www.bird-stamps.org/

Took me a while..but this is called a Magpie Shrike also known as the African Long-Tailed Shrike found in southern part of Africa.

Impressive, Paul and thanks for sharing the link!

[Claudia Fanelli]

Paul:

Thank you so much for taking the time to identify this bird for me. I really appreciate it!

Claudia

[Tony Whitehead]

Well done, Paul. Here's one in the wild http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=50022&highlight=magpie

[Paul Lagasi]

Thanks Everyone...really enjoy the challenge of ID'ing some of these birds...love the link image, thanks Tony

[Claudia Fanelli]

That photo of the bird in flight you linked to is fabulous. I would never expected thar wing span from how it was perched in the aviary. It's a beautiful little bird.