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Shrike, Great Grey or Southern Grey? (1 Viewer)

Hi there,

Koenigi is not really part of Lanius meridionalis, rather belong to North Africa Lanius elegans...

http://www.nrm.se/download/18.396afe4c127aa7f284980005866/Olsson+et+al+Lanius+excubitor.pdf

According to Boyd
http://jboyd.net/Taxo/List19.html#laniidae

Your bird should be therefore called DESERT SHRIKE in English

This classification is not yet adpoted by IOC which, however, states:
Lanius excubitor complex requires serious revision [...] (Olsson et al 2009)
Click to expand...

I hope it helps... more on "taxonomy" section of BF...

Cheers
 
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