Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

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
German: Mittelmeer-Raubwürger, Raubwürger-meridionalis
Greek: Διπλοκεφαλάς της Μεσογείου
Greek (Cypriot): Διπλοκεφαλάς
English: Southern Gray Shrike, Southern Grey or Steppe Grey Shrike, Southern Grey Shrike, Southern Grey Shrike (nominate group), Southern Grey Shrike [nominate group]
English (Kenya): Southern Grey Shrike
Esperanto: Sudgranda lanio
Spanish: Alcaudón Real
Spanish (Spain): Alcaudón Real
Estonian: lõuna-hallõgija
Basque: Antzandobi handia
Finnish: Etelänisolepinkäinen
French: Pie-grièche méridionale, Pie-grièche méridionale (nominal), Pie-grièche méridionale ou P.-g. des steppes
Galician: picanzo real, Picanzo real meridional
Hebrew: חנקן גדול/חנקן חיוור, חנקן שיטים
Hungarian: sivatagi őrgébics
Icelandic: Steppusvarri
Italian: Averla meridionale
Japanese (romaji): minamioomozu
Japanese: ミナミオオモズ
Kazakh: Үлкен тағанағы
Scientific: Lanius [meridionalis or pallidirostris], Lanius excubitor meridionalis, Lanius meridionalis, Lanius meridionalis [meridionalis], Lanius meridionalis meridionalis
Lithuanian: Pietinė medšarkė
Maltese: Kaccamendula Prima
Dutch: Zuidelijke Klapekster
Norwegian: Krattvarsler
Polish: dzierzba sródziemnomorska, dzierzba śródziemnomorska
Portuguese: Picanço-real
Portuguese (Portugal): Picanço-real-meridional
Russian: Пустынный сорокопут , Сорокопут пустынный, Средиземноморский сорокопут, Южный серый сорокопут
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Alu Sabariththa
Slovak: strakoš prieložný
Slovenian: južni veliki srakoper
Serbian: Južni veliki svračak
Swedish: iberisk varfågel/ökenvarfågel/saxaulvarfågel, Ökenvarfågel, Sydlig varfågel
Turkish: bozkır örümcekkuşu, Büyük Örümcekkuşu (diğer alttürler)
Ukrainian: Сорокопуд південний
Chinese: 南方灰伯劳, 南灰伯劳, 南灰伯劳/草原灰伯劳
Chinese (Traditional): 南方灰伯勞