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
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 ID:
DB2501EEBA3D38AA
Avibase ID:
avibase-DB2501EE
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DB2501EE
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178511
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Northern or Steppe Grey Shrike [incl. elegans] ( Lanius [excubitor or pallidirostris, incl. elegans]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Northern or Steppe Grey Shrike [incl. elegans] ( Lanius [excubitor or pallidirostris, incl. elegans]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Northern or Steppe Grey Shrike [incl. elegans] ( Lanius [excubitor or pallidirostris, incl. elegans]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Northern or Steppe Grey Shrike [incl. elegans] ( Lanius [excubitor or pallidirostris, incl. elegans]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Northern or Steppe Grey Shrike [incl. elegans] ( Lanius [excubitor or pallidirostris, incl. elegans]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Northern or Steppe Grey Shrike [incl. elegans] ( Lanius [excubitor or pallidirostris, incl. elegans]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Northern or Steppe Grey Shrike [incl. elegans] ( Lanius [excubitor or pallidirostris, incl. elegans]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Northern or Steppe Grey Shrike [incl. elegans] ( Lanius [excubitor or pallidirostris, incl. elegans]) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2021: Great Gray Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2022: Great Gray Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2023: Great Gray Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2018: Great Gray Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Clements, version 2019: Great Gray Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
eBird version 2018: Great Gray Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
eBird version 2019: Great Gray Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
eBird version 2021: Great Gray Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
eBird version 2022: Great Gray Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
eBird version 2023: Great Gray Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) [version 3] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Lanius [excubitor, borealis, meridionalis or pallidirostris]
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