Avibase: Lanius collaris (Southern Fiscal)

Southern Fiscal

Lanius collaris Linnaeus, C 1766

The southern fiscal, common fiscal or fiscal shrike is a member of the shrike family found through most of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is also sometimes named jackie hangman or butcher bird due to its habit of impaling its prey on acacia thorns to store the food for later consumption. It was previously lumped together with the northern fiscal. Together they were known as the common fiscal. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1766

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Lanius collaris

Type locality:
Cape of Good Hope.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/139/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
B936AAF3C05775B7

Avibase ID:
avibase-B936AAF3

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B936AAF3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560719

Geographic range:

Lanius collaris collaris: far southern Namibia, South Africa (except north and northeast), Lesotho, Eswatini, and far southern Mozambique (Maputo)
Lanius collaris pyrrhostictus: far northeastern Botswana (Basuto region), southern Zimbabwe (south of Harare), northeastern and eastern South Africa (Limpopo and Mpumalanga), and southwestern Mozambique (mainly Gaza province)
Lanius collaris subcoronatus: far southeastern Angola, Namibia (except coastal northwestern and far southern), Botswana, southwestern Zimbabwe, and northern South Africa (south to northwestern Northern Cape and central Free State)
Lanius collaris aridicolus: dune-fog zone of Namib Desert in southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Southern Fiscal
Catalan:
botxí fiscal
Czech:
ťuhýk afrotropický
Esperanto:
Kolumlanio
Estonian:
pugalõgija
Finnish:
kylälepinkäinen
French:
Pie-grièche fiscale
Hungarian:
örvös gébics
Italian:
Fiscal comune
Japanese (romaji):
katashiroonagamozu
Lithuanian:
Medšarkė prokuroras
Portuguese:
Picanço-fiscal
Ukrainian:
Сорокопуд чорноголовий
Chinese:
领伯劳
Chinese (Traditional):
南方伯勞〔領伯勞〕

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Southern Fiscal ( Lanius collaris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Southern Fiscal (Fiscal) ( Lanius collaris [collaris Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 1.55: Southern Fiscal (Southern) ( Lanius collaris [collaris Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2015: Southern Fiscal (Southern) ( Lanius collaris [collaris Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2016: Southern Fiscal (Southern) ( Lanius collaris [collaris Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2017: Southern Fiscal (Southern) ( Lanius collaris [collaris Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2018: Southern Fiscal (Southern) ( Lanius collaris [collaris Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2019: Southern Fiscal (Southern) ( Lanius collaris [collaris Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2021: Southern Fiscal (Southern) ( Lanius collaris [collaris Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2022: Southern Fiscal (Southern) ( Lanius collaris [collaris Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Southern Fiscal (Southern) ( Lanius collaris [collaris Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Southern Fiscal (Southern) ( Lanius collaris [collaris Group]) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Fiskaallaksman, Fiskaallaksman (Suidelike)
Catalan: botxí fiscal
Czech: ťuhýk afrotropický
Danish: Sortrygget Tornskade, Sortrygget Tornskade, Sydlig [collaris Gruppe]
German: Fiskalwürger, Fiskalwürger [collaris-Gruppe]
English: Southern Fiscal, Southern Fiscal (Fiscal), Southern Fiscal (Southern)
English, HBW: Common Fiscal (Southern)
English (IOC): Southern Fiscal (Southern)
English (United States): Southern Fiscal (Southern)
English (South Africa): Common Fiscal (Southern)
Esperanto: Kolumlanio
Spanish: Alcaudón Fiscal, Alcaudón Fiscal Sureño (grupo collaris)
Spanish (Spain): Alcaudón fiscal (grupo collaris), Alcaudón fiscal Sureño (grupo collaris)
Spanish (HBW): Southern Fiscal (Southern)
Estonian: pugalõgija
Finnish: kylälepinkäinen
French: Pie-grièche fiscale, Pie-grièche fiscale (collaris), Pie-grièche fiscale (groupe collaris), Pie-grièche fiscale (nominal), Pie-grièche fiscale [collaris]
French (Guyane): Pie-grièche fiscale (groupe collaris)
Hungarian: örvös gébics
Icelandic: Landsvarri [collaris hópur]
Italian: Fiscal comune
Japanese (romaji): katajiroonagamozu (collaris guru-pu), katashiroonagamozu
Japanese: カタジロオナガモズ, カタジロオナガモズ (collaris グループ), カタジロオナガモズ（collaris グループ）
Kwangali: Nankuwo
Kirghiz: накта борбаш
Scientific: Lanius collaris, Lanius collaris [collaris Group], Lanius collaris collaris
Lithuanian: Medšarkė prokuroras
Dutch: Gekraagde Klauwier, Zuidelijke Gekraagde Klauwier, Zuidelijke Gekraagde Klauwier (collaris groep)
Norwegian: Svartryggvarsler, svartryggvarsler (collaris gr.)
Polish: dzierzba białobarkowa, dzierzba białobarkowa [gr. collaris]
Portuguese: Picanço-fiscal
Portuguese (Angola): Picanço-fiscal-comum [grupo collaris]
Portuguese (Portugal): picanço-fiscal [grupo collaris]
Russian: Сорокопут-прокурор, Фискал-прокурор [группа collaris]
Slovak: strakoš postriežkar, strakoš postriežkar (skup.)
Shona: Korera
Serbian: Južni fiskal svračak [collaris grupa]
Sotho, Southern: Tšemeli
Swedish: fiskaltörnskata, sydlig fiskaltörnskata [collaris Group], sydlig fiskaltörnskata [gruppen collaris]
Swahili: Mbwigu Barabara
Tswana: Tlhômêdi
Turkish: Güneyli fiskal [collaris grubu]
Tsonga: Juka
Ukrainian: Сорокопуд чорноголовий, Сорокопуд чорноголовий [група collaris]
Xhosa: Inxanxadi
Chinese: 领伯劳
Chinese (Traditional): 南方伯勞〔領伯勞〕
Zulu: iLunga