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The northern shrike (Lanius borealis) is a large songbird species in the shrike family native to North America and Siberia. Long considered a subspecies of the great grey shrike , it was classified as a distinct species in 2017.
Lanius sphenocercus: China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, and Russia Iberian grey shrike: Lanius meridionalis: southern Europe Northern shrike: Lanius borealis: North America and Siberia Masked shrike: Lanius nubicus: southeastern Europe and at the eastern end of the Mediterranean São Tomé fiscal: Lanius newtoni
The great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large and predatory songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric southern relatives, the Iberian grey shrike ( L. meridionalis ), the Chinese grey shrike ( L. sphenocerus ) and the American loggerhead shrike ( L. ludovicianus ).
Shrikes (/ ʃ r aɪ k /) are passerine birds of the family Laniidae.The family is composed of 34 species in two genera.. The family name, and that of the larger genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as butcherbirds because of the habit, particularly of males, of impaling prey onto plant spines within their territories.
The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) is a passerine bird in the family Laniidae. It is the only member of the shrike family endemic to North America ; the related northern shrike ( L. borealis ) occurs north of its range, however it is also found in Siberia.
Brown shrike (siperianlepinkäinen), Lanius cristatus (A) Northern shrike (taigaisolepinkäinen), Lanius borealis (A) Great gray shrike (isolepinkäinen), Lanius excubitor (A) Lesser gray shrike (mustaotsalepinkäinen), Lanius minor (A) Masked shrike (valko-otsalepinkäinen), Lanius nubicus (A) Woodchat shrike (punapäälepinkäinen), Lanius ...
This is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species recorded in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in the U.S. state of Colorado.Unless otherwise noted, this list is based on one published by the National Park Service (NPS). [1]
Red-tailed shrike (turkestantörnskata), Lanius phoenicuroides (A) Isabelline shrike (isabellatörnskata), Lanius isabellinus (A) Brown shrike (brun törnskata), Lanius cristatus (A) Long-tailed shrike (rostgumpad törnskata), Lanius schach (A) Northern shrike (beingvarfågel), Lanius borealis (A) Great gray shrike (varfågel), Lanius excubitor