Lanius [excubitor, borealis or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris] (Northern or Southern Grey Shrike [excl. pallidirostris])

Northern or Southern Grey Shrike [excl. pallidirostris]

Lanius [excubitor, borealis or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris] (= Lanius excubitor) Linnaeus, C 1758

The great grey shrike is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric southern relatives, the Iberian grey shrike, the Chinese grey shrike and the American loggerhead shrike. Males and females are similar in plumage, pearly grey above with a black eye-mask and white underparts. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Laniidae
Genus:
   Lanius
Scientific:
  Lanius excubitor

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.94

Protonym:
Lanius excubitor

Type locality:
Europe, restricted to Sweden (Hartert, 1907, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, (1910), p. 418).

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/112/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
4F4C39218E9D800E

Avibase ID:
avibase-4F4C3921

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4F4C3921

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178511

English:
Northern or Southern Grey Shrike [excl. pallidirostris]
French:
Pie-grièche grise ou P.-g. méridionale (excl. pallidirostris)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Northern or Southern Grey Shrike [excl. pallidirostris] ( Lanius [excubitor, borealis or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Northern or Southern Grey Shrike [excl. pallidirostris] ( Lanius [excubitor, borealis or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Northern or Southern Grey Shrike [excl. pallidirostris] ( Lanius [excubitor, borealis or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Northern or Southern Grey Shrike [excl. pallidirostris] ( Lanius [excubitor, borealis or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Northern or Southern Grey Shrike (excl. pallidirostris) ( Lanius [excubitor or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Northern or Southern Grey Shrike (excl. pallidirostris) ( Lanius [excubitor or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Northern or Southern Grey Shrike (excl. pallidirostris) ( Lanius [excubitor or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Northern or Southern Grey Shrike (excl. pallidirostris) ( Lanius [excubitor or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Northern or Southern Grey Shrike [excl. pallidirostris] ( Lanius [excubitor or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Northern or Southern Grey Shrike [excl. pallidirostris] ( Lanius [excubitor, borealis or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Northern or Southern Grey Shrike [excl. pallidirostris] ( Lanius [excubitor, borealis or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Lanius [excubitor, borealis, meridionalis or pallidirostris]

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Arabic: الصرد الرمادي الكبير
Asturian: Alcaudón Rial
Azerbaijani: Boz alacəhrə
Belarusian: Вялікі грычун
Bulgarian: Сива сврачка
Catalan: Botxí
Catalan (Balears): Botxí septentrional
Valencian: Capsot d'esquena roja
Czech: ťuhýk šedý
Welsh: Cigydd mawr
Danish: Stor Tornskade
German: Raubwürger
Greek: Διπλοκεφαλάς
English: Great Grey Shrike, Northern or Southern Grey Shrike (excl. pallidirostris), Northern or Southern Grey Shrike [excl. pallidirostris]
Esperanto: granda lanio
Spanish: Alcaudón Norteño
Estonian: Hallõgija
Basque: Antzandobi handia aparratar
Finnish: isolepinkäinen
Faroese: Grátyrningur
French: Pie-grièche grise, Pie-grièche grise ou P.-g. méridionale (excl. pallidirostris)
Irish: Mórscréachán Liath
Gaelic: Feoladair Glas
Galician: Picanzo real setentrional
Manx: Pieannad ghlass
Hebrew: חנקן גדול
Croatian: Veliki svračak
Hungarian: Nagy őrgébics
Armenian: Մոխրագույն Շամփրուկ
Icelandic: Grásvarri
Italian: Averla maggiore
Japanese (romaji): ō mozu
Japanese: オオモズ
Japanese (Kanji): 大百舌
Georgian: რუხი ღაჟო
Khakas: Пора хуралдай
Kazakh: Үлкен тағанағы
Kazakh (Transliteration): ülken tağanaq
Korean: 큰재개구마리
Korean (Transliteration): keun-jaegaegumari
Cornish: Kyger los bras
Scientific: Lanius [excubitor or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris], Lanius [excubitor, borealis or meridionalis, excl. pallidirostris], Lanius excubitor, Lanius excubitor excubitor
Luxembourgish: Grousse groen Neimäerder
Lithuanian: Plėšrioji medšarkė
Latvian: Lielā čakste
Macedonian: Големо пепелаво (Големо) свраче
Mongolian: Yнсэн дунхай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠦᠨᠡᠰᠦᠨ ᠲᠣᠩᠬᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠦᠨᠡᠰᠦᠨ ᠲᠣᠩᠬᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хөх чогчиго
Mongolian (Transliteration): khökh chogchig
Maltese: Kaċċamendula Griża Prima
Nepali: राजभÇाई
Dutch: Klapekster
Norwegian: Varsler
Polish: srokosz
Pinyin: hán-lùr
Portuguese: Picanço-grande
Romanian: Sfrâncioc mare
[ROA]: Pitgaspina grisch
Russian: Серый сорокопут
Scots: Feoladair glas
Northern Sami: Skirri
Slovak: strakoš veľký
Slovenian: veliki srakoper
Albanian: Larashi i madh i përhimë
Serbian: veliki svarčak
Swedish: Varfågel
Turkish: Büyük örümcekkuşu
Tuvinian: Саасканзыг ала куш
Ukrainian: Сірий (Великий) сорокопуд
Chinese: 灰伯劳
Chinese (Traditional): 灰伯勞