Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae
- Genus
- Urolestes
- eBird Code
- magshr1
Vocalizations
Mahomed Desai · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (3)
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Urolestes melanoleucus aequatorialis
eastern Africa (north of the Zambezi River) northward to Kenya
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Urolestes melanoleucus expressus
southeastern Zimbabwe to northeastern South Africa (Mpumalanga and northeastern KwaZulu-Natal), eastern Eswatini, and southern Mozambique
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Urolestes melanoleucus melanoleucus
Africa south of the Zambezi River to eastern Angola and north-central South Africa
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.