Lanius [excubitor or borealis] (Great Gray or Northern Shrike)

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Great Gray or Northern Shrike Lanius [excubitor or borealis] (= Lanius excubitor) Linnaeus, 1758
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Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Laniidae
Genus:
  Lanius

Scientific:
Lanius excubitor

Citation:
Linnaeus, 1758

Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.94

Protonym:
Lanius Excubitor

Avibase ID:
B215F75A482EBDE1

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B215F75A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178511

Geographic range:

Lanius excubitor excubitor: W and n Europe to w Siberia
Lanius excubitor homeyeri {homeyeri or przewalskii}: Balkan Peninsula to s Ural Mountains and w Siberia
Lanius excubitor homeyeri (leucopterus): W Siberia to Yenisey River
Lanius borealis borealis: breeds Alaska and northern Canada, south to extreme northern British Columbia and Alberta, northern Ontario, and Quebec; winters southern Canada and northern United States.
Lanius borealis mollis: Russian Altai and nw Mongolia
Lanius borealis funereus: W China (Tien Shan Mountains)
Lanius borealis sibiricus: E Siberia to n Mongolia and Kamchatka Peninsula
Lanius borealis bianchii: Sakhalin and s Kuril Islands (n Japan)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
  Great Gray or Northern Shrike
Czech:
  ťuhýk šedý
German:
  Raubwürger
Danish:
  Stor Tornskade
Spanish:
  Alcaudón Norteño
Finnish:
  isolepinkäinen
French:
  Pie-grièche grise ou P.-g. boréale
Icelandic:
  Grásvarri
Italian:
  Averla maggiore
Japanese:
  oomozu
Japanese:
  オオモズ
Dutch:
  Klapekster
Norwegian:
  Varsler
Polish:
  srokosz
Portuguese:
  Picanço-grande
Russian:
  Серый сорокопут
Slovak:
  strakoš veľký
Swedish:
  varfågel
Chinese:
  灰伯劳

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
   Great Gray or Northern Shrike ( Lanius [excubitor or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
   Great Gray or Northern Shrike ( Lanius [excubitor or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
   Great Gray or Northern Shrike ( Lanius [excubitor or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
   Great Gray or Northern Shrike ( Lanius [excubitor or borealis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
   Great Gray or Northern Shrike ( Lanius [excubitor or borealis])
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
   Pie-grièche grise ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
   Great Gray/Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor/borealis)
eBird version 2018:
   Northern/Great Gray Shrike ( Lanius borealis/excubitor)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
   Great Grey Shrike/Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
   Great Grey Shrike/Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
   Great Grey Shrike/Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
   Great Grey Shrike/Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
   Great Grey Shrike/Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
   Great Grey Shrike/Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
   Great Grey Shrike/Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
   Great Grey Shrike/Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
   Great Grey Shrike/Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
   Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996):
   Northern Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
    Lanius excubitor [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
    Lanius excubitor [version 1]

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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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements: 1 2 3 4

Other related concepts

Lanius [excubitor x meridionalis] (hybrid)

Other synonyms
Arabic: الصرد الرمادي الكبير
Asturian: Alcaudón Rial, Esfoyador Rial
Azerbaijani: Boz alacəhrə
Belarusian: Вялікі грычун
Bulgarian: Сива сврачка, Сива/Американска сива сврачка
Catalan: Botxí, Botxí septentrional , Capsot d'esquena roja
Catalan (Balears): Botxí septentrional
Valencian: Capsot d'esquena roja
Czech: Tuhýk šedý, Ťuhýk šedý
Welsh: Cigydd llwyd mawr, Cigydd mawr
Danish: Stor Tornskade, Stor/Amerikansk Tornskade
German: Grauwürger, Raubwurger, Raubwürger, Raubwürger-excubitor
Greek: Διπλοκεφαλάς
English: Great Gray or Northern Shrike, Great Gray shrike, Great Gray Shrike/Northern Shrike, Great Gray/Northern Shrike, Great grey shrike, Great Grey Shrike/Northern Shrike, Northern Northern Shrike, Northern Shrike, Northern/Great Gray Shrike
Esperanto: granda lanio
Spanish: Alcaudón chico, Alcaudón Norteño, Alcaudón Real
Estonian: Hallogija, Hallõgija
Basque: Antzandobi handi, Antzandobi handia aparratar, Botxí septentrional
Persian: سنگ‌چشم خاکستری بزرگ
Finnish: Isolepinkäinen, Lapinharakka
Faroese: Grátyrningur
French: Pie-grieche grise, Pie-grièche grise, Pie-grièche grise ou P.-g. boréale
Irish: Mórscréachán Liath
Gaelic: Feoladair Glas
Galician: Botxí septentrional , Picanzo real setentrional
Manx: Pieannad ghlass
Hebrew: חנקן גדול
Croatian: Veliki svračak
Hungarian: Nagy örgébics, Nagy õrgébics, Nagy őrgébics
Armenian: [Mokhraguyn Shampruk ], Մոխրագույն Շամփրուկ, Մրխրագույն Շամփրուկ
Icelandic: Grásvarri
Italian: Averla maggiore
Japanese: ō mozu, o-mozu, Oomozu, Oo-mozu, Ou-mozu, yo-roppaoomozu/oomozu
Japanese: オオモズ, オオモヅ, ヨーロッパオオモズ/オオモズ
Japanese (Kanji): 大百舌, 大百舌鳥, 大鵙
Georgian: რუხი ღაჟო
Khakas: Пора хуралдай
Kazakh: Үлкен тағанағы
Kazakh (Transliteration): ülken tağanaq
Korean: 큰재개구마리, 큰재개구마리(큰물때까치)
Korean (Transliteration): keun-jaegaegumari
Cornish: Kyger los bras
Latin: Lanius [excubitor or borealis], Lanius borealis/excubitor, Lanius excubitor, Lanius excubitor excubitor, Lanius excubitor/borealis, Lanius excubitorius
Luxembourgish: Grousse groen Neimäerder
Lithuanian: Plešrioji medšarke, Plėšrioji medšarkė
Latvian: Lielā čakste
Macedonian: Големо пепелаво (Големо) свраче
Mongolian: Yнсэн дунхай, Үнсэн дунхай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠦᠨᠡᠰᠦᠨ ᠲᠣᠩᠬᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠦᠨᠡᠰᠦᠨ ᠲᠣᠩᠬᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хөх чогчиго
Mongolian (Transliteration): khökh chogchig, üŋseŋ duŋkhai
Maltese: Kaċċamendula Griża Prima, Kaccamendula Nordika
Dutch: Klapekster, Klapekster/Amerikaanse Klapekster
Norwegian: Varsler
Polish: Dzierzba srokosz, dzierzba srokoszowata, Srokosz, srokosz (europejski)
Pinyin: hán-lùr, huī bóláo
Portuguese: picanço real, Picanço-grande, Picanço-real, picanço-real-nortenho
Portuguese (Portugal): Picanço-real/Picanço-real-americano
Romansh: Pitgaspina grisch
Romanian: Sfrâncioc mare
Russian: большой сорокопут, Серый сорокопут, Сорокопут серый
Scots: Feoladair glas
Northern Sami: Skirri
Slovak: strakoš sivý, Strakoš veľký
Slovenian: veliki srakoper
Albanian: Larashi i madh i përhimë
Serbian: veliki svarcak, veliki svarčak, veliki svracak, Veliki svračak, Veliki/američki veliki svračak, Велики сврaчак, Велики сврачак
Swedish: Varfågel, varfågel/nordlig varfågel
Turkish: Büyük örümcekkuşu, çekirge Kuşu, Үлкен тағанақ
Tuvinian: Саасканзыг ала куш
Ukrainian: Сірий (Великий) сорокопуд, Сірий сорокопуд, Сорокопуд сірий
Chinese: [han-lur], [hui bolao], 寒露儿, 灰伯劳
Chinese (Traditional): 北方灰伯勞, 寒露兒, 灰伯勞