Tony Harris is Associate Curator in the Department of Birds at the Transvaal Museum in South Africa, where he established the Fitzpatrick Bird Communication Library. He has undertaken extensive fieldwork and sound recording in southern Africa and has been researching shrike taxonomy and systematics for many years. He is the author of Shrikes of Southern AfricaKim Franklin, a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, has exhibited his work in countries throughout Europe and Africa. His illustrations have appeared in numerous books, including Birds of the Western Palearctic, Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, and the award-winning Parrots.

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• PrefaceAcknowledgementsSponsorshipLayout and MethodsIntroduction- History- Characteristics of shrikes- Shrike communication- Communication summaries and relationships- Glossary- Topography- Genera OverviewSpecies Accounts (1-114)ReferencesAppendix A: Problems of species limits and relationshipsAppendix B: Comparative characters