Lesser Grey Shrike
Lanius minorGmelin, JF, 1788
English (US) Lesser Gray Shrike
UK name: Lesser Grey Shrike
The Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor) 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: breeds Iberian Peninsula to Siberia and central Asia; winters to southern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lanius minor
- Family
- Laniidae (Shrikes)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lesser Gray Shrike
- English (UK)
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1788
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1788
- Type locality
- Italy, Spain, Russia; restricted to Italy (Hartert, 1910, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 416).
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.308
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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