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Photo by Shailesh Patel
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, August 2006

Lanius dorsalis

Identification

• White tail edges
• White border to the grey back patch
  

Juvenile

• Small white primary patch
• Lacks white-tips to the secondaries
• White edges to the tail

Distribution

Eastern Africa: found from southeastern South Sudan to northeastern Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania.

Juvenile
Photo by Steve G
Buffalo Springs National Park, Kenya, July 2010

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Arid bush and semi-arid scrubby savannah.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Taita Fiscal. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 March 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Taita_Fiscal

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