Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Great Gray Shrike
UK name: Great Grey Shrike
The Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) 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.
- Scientific name
- Lanius excubitor
- Family
- Laniidae (Shrikes)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Gray Shrike
- English (UK)
- Great Grey Shrike
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 12 subspecies for this species.
- Lanius excubitor excubitor
- Lanius excubitor homeyeri
- Lanius excubitor koenigi
- Lanius excubitor algeriensis
- Lanius excubitor elegans
- Lanius excubitor leucopygos
- Lanius excubitor aucheri
- Lanius excubitor theresae
- Lanius excubitor buryi
- Lanius excubitor uncinatus
- Lanius excubitor lahtora
- Lanius excubitor pallidirostris
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Europe, restricted to Sweden (Hartert, 1907, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, (1910), p. 418).
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.94
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Shrikes
Yellow-billed Shrike
Corvinella corvina
Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucus
Long-tailed Fiscal
Lanius cabanisi
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Taita Fiscal
Lanius dorsalis
Somali Fiscal
Lanius somalicus
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Chinese Grey Shrike
Lanius sphenocercus
Giant Grey Shrike
Lanius giganteus
Iberian Grey Shrike
Lanius meridionalis
Northern Shrike
Lanius borealis
Masked Shrike
Lanius nubicus
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