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Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766

Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766

This is a detailed biological description of the medium-sized passerine bird the…

Lanius schach Linnaeus, 1758
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius schach Linnaeus, 1758

Lanius schach Linnaeus, 1758

The long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach) is an Asian shrike species with distincti…

Lanius collurioides Lesson, 1831
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius collurioides Lesson, 1831

Lanius collurioides Lesson, 1831

The Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides) is a Laniidae bird species found in mul…

Lanius tephronotus (Vigors, 1831)
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius tephronotus (Vigors, 1831)

Lanius tephronotus (Vigors, 1831)

The grey-backed shrike, Lanius tephronotus, is a long-tailed predatory bird with…

Lanius collurio Linnaeus, 1758
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius collurio Linnaeus, 1758

Lanius collurio Linnaeus, 1758

Lanius collurio Linnaeus 1758, the butcher bird, is a migratory shrike that bree…

Lanius senator Linnaeus, 1758
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius senator Linnaeus, 1758

Lanius senator Linnaeus, 1758

Lanius senator, the woodchat shrike, is a medium-sized passerine with a Palearct…

Lanius tigrinus Drapiez, 1828
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius tigrinus Drapiez, 1828

Lanius tigrinus Drapiez, 1828

Lanius tigrinus Drapiez, 1828, the tiger shrike, is a small migratory Asian shri…

Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

Lanius isabellinus is a shrike with sandy isabelline plumage and a red tail, dis…

Lanius sphenocercus Cabanis, 1873
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius sphenocercus Cabanis, 1873

Lanius sphenocercus Cabanis, 1873

The Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus) is a Laniidae bird found in East a…

Lanius cabanisi Hartert, 1906
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Lanius cabanisi Hartert, 1906

Lanius cabanisi Hartert, 1906

Lanius cabanisi is a shrike species with distinct adult and juvenile plumage and…

Lanius excubitoroides Prevost & Des Murs, 1847
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius excubitoroides Prevost & Des Murs, 1847

Lanius excubitoroides Prevost & Des Murs, 1847

The grey-backed fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides) is a large sociable shrike that b…

Lanius bucephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius bucephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

Lanius bucephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

The bull-headed shrike is an eastern Asian passerine shrike that hunts from perc…

Lanius vittatus Valenciennes, 1826
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius vittatus Valenciennes, 1826

Lanius vittatus Valenciennes, 1826

Lanius vittatus, the bay-backed shrike, is a small Asian shrike that hunts small…

Lanius mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891

Lanius mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891

Mackinnon's shrike is a 20 cm long bird with a disjunct range in humid Central A…

Lanius minor Gmelin, 1788
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius minor Gmelin, 1788

Lanius minor Gmelin, 1788

Lanius minor Gmelin, 1788, the lesser grey shrike, is a migratory bird that bree…

Lanius humeralis Stanley, 1814
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius humeralis Stanley, 1814

Lanius humeralis Stanley, 1814

Lanius humeralis, the northern fiscal, is a 21–23 cm passerine that lives across…

Lanius collaris Linnaeus, 1766
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius collaris Linnaeus, 1766

Lanius collaris Linnaeus, 1766

Lanius collaris (southern fiscal) is a distinct African shrike with specific app…

Lanius phoenicuroides (Schalow, 1875)
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Lanius phoenicuroides (Schalow, 1875)

Lanius phoenicuroides (Schalow, 1875)

Lanius phoenicuroides, the red-tailed shrike, has sandy plumage, a red tail, and…

Lanius borealis Vieillot, 1808
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Lanius borealis Vieillot, 1808

Lanius borealis Vieillot, 1808

Lanius borealis (northern shrike) is a shrike species with a breeding range acro…

Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758
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Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758

Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758

Lanius excubitor, the great grey shrike, is a medium-sized predatory passerine f…

Lanius meridionalis Temminck, 1820
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Lanius meridionalis Temminck, 1820

Lanius meridionalis Temminck, 1820

Lanius meridionalis, the Iberian grey shrike, is an endemic southwestern Europea…

Corvinella corvina (Shaw, 1809)
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Corvinella corvina (Shaw, 1809)

Corvinella corvina (Shaw, 1809)

Corvinella corvina, the yellow-billed shrike, is a 32 cm passerine resident in n…

Eurocephalus anguitimens A.Smith, 1836
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Eurocephalus anguitimens A.Smith, 1836

Eurocephalus anguitimens A.Smith, 1836

Eurocephalus anguitimens, the southern white-crowned shrike, is a sociable coope…

Eurocephalus ruppelli Bonaparte, 1853
🦋 Animalia Laniidae

Eurocephalus ruppelli Bonaparte, 1853

Eurocephalus ruppelli Bonaparte, 1853

Eurocephalus ruppelli, the northern white-crowned shrike, is a large fluffy Afri…