Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senator
IUCN: Near Threatened
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae
- Genus
- Lanius
- eBird Code
- wooshr1
Vocalizations
Yves Bas · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (3)
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Lanius senator badius
breeds western Mediterranean islands; winters to central Africa
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Lanius senator niloticus
breeds eastern Türkiye and Levant to Iran; winters to central Africa
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Lanius senator senator
breeds Europe (Spain to western Türkiye) and northern Africa; winters to central Africa
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.