Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroidesPrévost, F; des Murs, MAPO, 1851
English (US) Gray-backed Fiscal
UK name: Grey-backed Fiscal
The Grey-backed Fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides) 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 excubitoroides
- Family
- Laniidae (Shrikes)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-backed Fiscal
- English (UK)
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Described by
- Prévost, F; des Murs, MAPO, 1851
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Lanius excubitoroides excubitoroides
- Lanius excubitoroides intercedens
- Lanius excubitoroides boehmi
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Prévost, F; des Murs, MAPO, 1851
- Type locality
- Abyssinie and Nubie = White Nile (see Neumann, 1927, Ibis, p. 506-8).
- Original description
- Voyage en Abyssinie exécuté pendant les années 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 (etc.). Quatrième partie. Histoire naturelle. Zoologie. Vol. 6 3 p.195
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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