Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Woodchat Shrike
The Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) 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 senator
- Family
- Laniidae (Shrikes)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Woodchat Shrike
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Lanius senator senator
- Lanius senator badius
- Lanius senator niloticus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Indiis; error, type locality restricted to the Rhine, Hartert 1907, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, (1910), p. 434.
- 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.
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Northern Fiscal
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Southern Fiscal
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