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KUWAIT, Jan 24 (KUNA) -- The Head of the Kuwait Environmental Lens' team Rashed Al-Haji said Friday that the Brown Shrike bird was monitored at the Jahra Nature Reserve, bringing the amount of bird species logged in Kuwait to 414.
Speaking to KUNA, Al-Haji added that at the start of 2020, the Brown Shrike, one of the small birds from the Reserve, was spotted since the last recorded bird detected in Kuwait was in 2019.
The Brown Shrike was distinguished by its colors and relatively long tail, which has two feathers on the outskirts, while the male and female are similar in color, he mentioned.
He showed that after hunting its prey, it tortured and skinned it, often leaving its prey hanging while writhing in pain and flying far away, then later pouncing on it to devour it.
This bird prefers prominent and high places of tree branches, usually flying down it at a height less than a meter from the earth's surface and when it approached the intended place it rose to it gradually, he pointed out.
The Brown Shrike was not present in Arab countries but in East Asia, especially during the summer, migrating in the winter to the south, since going to the Arabian Peninsula at this time was very unnatural and rare, therefore bird enthusiasts are eager to photograph this event, Al-Haji said.
They are able to migrate and move over very long distances, about 20,000 kilometers, Al-Haji noted.
Environment Public Authority (EPA) was keen to protect creatures of all kinds until the reserves become a safe place to embrace birds, especially with the law prohibiting hunting and setting new laws that deter people from fooling around in the wildlife, he underlined. (end)
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