Passeriformes / Laniidae / Urolestes

Magpie Shrike

Urolestes melanoleucus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Mahomed Desai · CC_BY_4_0

Urolestes melanoleucus aequatorialis

eastern Africa (north of the Zambezi River) northward to Kenya
Urolestes melanoleucus expressus

southeastern Zimbabwe to northeastern South Africa (Mpumalanga and northeastern KwaZulu-Natal), eastern Eswatini, and southern Mozambique
Urolestes melanoleucus melanoleucus

Africa south of the Zambezi River to eastern Angola and north-central South Africa

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.