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Lanius (shrikes)

Wikipedia Abstract

Lanius, the typical shrikes, are a genus of passerine birds in the shrike family. The majority of the family's species are placed in this genus. The genus name, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call. African species are known as fiscals. That name comes from the Afrikaans word fiskaal ("public official", especially a hangman), because they hang their prey on thorns for storage.
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Species

Lanius afer
Lanius asturinus
Lanius barbarus
Lanius bentet
Lanius borealis
Lanius boulboul
Lanius brachyurus
Lanius brubru
Lanius bucephalus (Bull-headed Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius cabanisi (Long-tailed Fiscal) (Attributes)
Lanius caerulescens
Lanius capensis
Lanius cayanus
Lanius collaris (Common Fiscal) (Attributes)
Lanius collurio (Red-backed Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius collurioides (Burmese Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius cristatus (Brown Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius cubla
Lanius dorsalis (Taita Fiscal) (Attributes)
Lanius dubius
Lanius elegans
Lanius excubitor (Northern Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius excubitoroides (Grey-backed Fiscal) (Attributes)
Lanius flavescens
Lanius forficatus
Lanius frontatus
Lanius giganteus
Lanius gubernator (Emin's Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius humeralis (Northern fiscal) (Attributes)
Lanius isabellinus (Isabelline Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius lahtora
Lanius ludovicianus (Loggerhead Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius mackinnoni (Mackinnon's Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius madagascariensis
Lanius meridionalis (Southern Grey Shrike) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Lanius minor (Lesser Grey Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius miocaenus
Lanius natka
Lanius nengeta
Lanius newtoni (Sao Tome Fiscal) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Lanius nubicus (Masked Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius olivaceus
Lanius pallidirostris (Steppe Grey Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius phoenicuroides (Red-tailed Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius phoenicurus
Lanius pitangua
Lanius plumatus
Lanius robustus
Lanius rufus
Lanius schach (Long-tailed Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius senator (Woodchat Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius senegalus
Lanius septentrionalis
Lanius somalicus (Somali Fiscal) (Attributes)
Lanius souzae (Souza's Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius sphenocercus (Chinese Grey Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius strigilatus
Lanius tephronotus (Grey-backed Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius tigrinus (Tiger Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius torquatus
Lanius validirostris (Mountain Shrike) (Attributes)
Lanius vittatus (Bay-backed Shrike) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0