The Isabelline Shrike breeds in Mongolia and nearby parts of Central Asia, then winters on the Arabian Peninsula and in northeastern Africa. It hunts from shrubs in dry open country and may impale spare prey on thorns for later.
The adult male has sandy upperparts, a reddish-brown rump and tail, and a black eye-stripe. The female is similar but less strongly contrasted, with a browner eye-stripe.
It mainly eats insects such as beetles and grasshoppers, striking prey on the ground from a lookout perch. It may store extra prey by impaling it on a thorn or another sharp support.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.