Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Lanius [meridionalis or pallidirostris] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Lanius [excubitor x meridionalis] (hybrid)
• Lanius [meridionalis or excubitor] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

Arabic: الصرد الرمادي الجنوبي
Bengali: দক্ষিণে মেটেলাটোরা
Catalan: Botxí, Botxí meridional
Catalan (Balears): Botxí meridional
Czech: ťuhýk pustinný
Welsh: Cigydd mawr deheuol
Danish: Sydlig Stor Tornskade, Sydlig Stor Tornskade (Sydlig), Sydlig Tornskade
German: Iberienraubwürger, Mittelmeer-Raubwürger, Raubwürger-meridionalis, Südlicher Raubwürger
Greek: Διπλοκεφαλάς, Διπλοκεφαλάς της Μεσογείου
Greek (Cypriot): Διπλοκεφαλάς
English: Great Gray shrike, Great grey shrike, Iberian Northern Shrike, northern shrike, Southern Gray Shrike, Southern Gray Shrike (Southern), Southern Grey Shrike
English (United Kingdom): Southern Grey Shrike
English (Kenya): Southern Grey Shrike
Spanish: Alcaudon Real, Alcaudón Real, Alcaudón real [Grupo meridionalis]
Spanish (Spain): Alcaudón Real, Alcaudón Real [Grupo meridionalis]
Estonian: lõuna-hallõgija
Basque: Antzandobi handia, Botxí meridional
Persian: سنگ‌چشم خاکستری جنوبی
Finnish: Etelänisolepinkäinen, etelänisolepinkäinen (alalaji meridionalis)
French: Pie-grièche grise du sud, Pie-grièche grise méridionale, Pie-grièche méridionale, Pie-grièche méridionale (nominal), Pie-grièche méridionale [meridionalis]
Galician: Botxí meridional , Picanzo real meridional
Hebrew: חנקן גדול, חנקן גדול - חנקן שיטים, חנקן שיטים
Hungarian: sivatagi őrgébics, Sivatagi őrgébics (Déli)
Icelandic: Steppusvarri
Italian: Averla meridionale
Japanese (romaji): minamioomozu, minamioomozu (meridionalis guru-pu)
Japanese: ミナミオオモズ, ミナミオオモズ (meridionalis グループ)
Kazakh: Үлкен тағанағы
Scientific: Lanius elegans, Lanius elegans meridionalis, Lanius excubitor meridionalis, Lanius meridionalis, Lanius meridionalis [meridionalis Group], Lanius meridionalis elegans, Lanius meridionalis meridionalis
Lithuanian: Pietinė medšarkė
Latvian: Ibērijas čakste
Maltese: Kaccamendula Prima
Dutch: Iberische Klapekster, Iberische Klapekster (meridionalis groep), Zuidelijke Klapekster
Norwegian: Krattvarsler, krattvarsler (meridionalis gr.)
Polish: dzierzba sródziemnomorska, dzierzba śródziemnomorska
Portuguese: Picanço-real
Portuguese (Portugal): Picanço-real-meridional, Picanço-real-meridional [grupo meridionalis]
Russian: Пустынный сорокопут, Средиземноморский сорокопут, Южный серый сорокопут
Slovak: strakoš prieložný
Slovenian: južni veliki srakoper
Serbian: Južni veliki svračak
Swedish: iberisk varfågel/ökenvarfågel, Ökenvarfågel, Sydlig varfågel
Turkish: bozkır örümcekkuşu, Gri Örümcekkuşu, Sahra Örümcekkuşu
Ukrainian: Сорокопуд південний
Chinese: 南方灰伯劳, 南灰伯劳
Chinese (Traditional): 南方灰伯勞