The long-tailed shrike or rufous-backed shrike is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes. They are found widely distributed across Asia and there are variations in plumage across the range. The species ranges across much of Asia, both on the mainland and the eastern archipelagos. The eastern or Himalayan subspecies, L. s. tricolor, is sometimes called the black-headed shrike. Although there are considerable differences in plumage among the subspecies, they all have a long and narrow black tail, have a black mask and forehead, rufous rump and flanks and a small white patch on the shoulder. It is considered to form a superspecies with the grey-backed shrike which breeds on the Tibetan Plateau. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.94
Protonym:
Lanius schach
Type locality:
China, Canton area (ex Ostbeck).
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/112/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
69FC190BC179A4FD
Avibase ID:
avibase-69FC190B
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/69FC190B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560731
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) |
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Pie-grièche schach ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pie-grièche schach ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
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Oriental Bird Club: Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Long-tailed Shrike ( Lanius schach) [version 1] |
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Lanius schach [version 1] |
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Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Lanius [schach or tephronotus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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