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English Great Grey Shrike
Scientific (Lanius excubitor)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Laniidae
Family (English) Shrikes
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions PAL, AF
Breeding Range Subregions widespread in Europe, Asia and n Africa
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Bahrain,Bangladesh,Belarus,Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Georgia, Germany,Greece,Hungary,India - mainland,Ireland,Japan,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Liechtenstein, Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Malta,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Nepal,Netherlands, Norway,Pakistan,Palestine,Poland,Romania,Russia,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain, Sweden,Switzerland,Tajikistan,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Kingdom,Uzbekistan,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
excubitor n, c, e Europe and nw Siberia
lahtora Pakistan through c India and s Nepal to w Bangladesh
uncinatus Socotra
buryi Yemen
theresae s Lebanon and n Israel
aucheri ec Sudan to nw Somalia, Arabian Pen., s Israel, Jordan, Iraq and s Iran
leucopygos c, s Mauritania to s Chad and c Sudan
elegans ne Mauritania and nw Mali to ne Sudan, Egypt and sw Israel
algeriensis coastal nw Africa
koenigi c, e Canary Is. (c Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)
homeyeri se Europe and sw Siberia
pallidirostris s Russia and s Kazakhstan to Mongolia and n China, s to nw Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Linnaeus, 1758
German Raubwürger
French Pie-grièche grise
Chinese 西方灰伯劳
Japanese ヨーロッパオオモズ
Russian Серый сорокопут
Spanish Alcaudón norteño
Portuguese picanço-nortenho
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)