White-tailed Shrike
Lanioturdus torquatusWaterhouse, GR, 1838
English (US) White-tailed Shrike
The White-tailed Shrike (Lanioturdus torquatus) 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 Platysteiridae (Wattle-eyes and Batises) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Angola to escarpment of central NamibiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lanioturdus torquatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-tailed Shrike
- Described by
- Waterhouse, GR, 1838
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Waterhouse, GR, 1838
- Type locality
- Bull's Mouth Pass, Boschman Land [inland from Walvis Bay].
- Original description
- An expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa, through the hitherto undescribed countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras 2 App. p.264
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Brown-throated Wattle-eye
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White-fronted Wattle-eye
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Black-throated Wattle-eye
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Banded Wattle-eye
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Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
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Black-necked Wattle-eye
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Jameson's Wattle-eye
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Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
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Margaret's Batis
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