Typical Shrikes
Lanius
Lanius, the typical shrikes, are a genus of passerine birds in the shrike family. The majority of the family's species are placed in this genus. The genus name, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call.
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 30 known species
Red-backed Shrike
speciesLanius collurio
Loggerhead Shrike
speciesLanius ludovicianus
Long-tailed Shrike
speciesLanius schach
Great Gray Shrike
speciesLanius excubitor
Brown Shrike
speciesLanius cristatus
Woodchat Shrike
speciesLanius senator
Northern Shrike
speciesLanius borealis
Southern Fiscal
speciesLanius collaris
Bull-headed Shrike
speciesLanius bucephalus
Lesser Grey Shrike
speciesLanius minor
Iberian Grey Shrike
speciesLanius meridionalis
Isabelline Shrike
speciesLanius isabellinus
Grey-backed Shrike
speciesLanius tephronotus
Bay-backed Shrike
speciesLanius vittatus
Northern Fiscal
speciesLanius humeralis
Grey-backed Fiscal
speciesLanius excubitoroides
Tiger Shrike
speciesLanius tigrinus
Red-tailed Shrike
speciesLanius phoenicuroides
Masked Shrike
speciesLanius nubicus
Burmese Shrike
speciesLanius collurioides
Long-tailed Fiscal
speciesLanius cabanisi
Chinese Grey Shrike
speciesLanius sphenocercus
Taita Fiscal
speciesLanius dorsalis
Mackinnon's Shrike
speciesLanius mackinnoni
Somali Fiscal
speciesLanius somalicus
Giant Shrike
speciesLanius giganteus
Sousa's Shrike
speciesLanius souzae
Grey-capped Shrike
speciesLanius validirostris
Emin's Shrike
speciesLanius gubernator
Newton's Fiscal
speciesLanius newtoni
Red-backed × Woodchat Shrike
hybridLanius collurio × senator
Red-backed × Red-tailed Shrike
hybridLanius collurio × phoenicuroides
Northern × Southern Fiscal
hybridLanius humeralis × collaris
Lanius cristatus × tigrinus
hybridLanius cristatus × tigrinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.416
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.818
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.963
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.600
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.422
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.426
François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)
François Bouchard · 1775 · p.169
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12016.