Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelliBonaparte, CLJL, 1853
English (US) Northern White-crowned Shrike
The Northern White-crowned Shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Laniidae (Shrikes) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern South Sudan and Uganda to Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Family
- Laniidae (Shrikes)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Northern White-crowned Shrike
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1853
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1853
- Type locality
- White Nile, Shoa.
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 5 p.440
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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