Giant grey shrike
Species of bird
| Giant grey shrike | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Laniidae |
| Genus: | Lanius |
| Species: | L. giganteus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lanius giganteus Przewalski, 1887 | |
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| Native range in dark yellow and dark orange, rest of range belongs to L. sphenocercus | |
The giant grey shrike (Lanius giganteus) is a species of bird in the family Laniidae. It is found in China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[2]
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Shrikes (family: Laniidae)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Passeriformes
- Superfamily: Corvoidea
(Typical shrikes)
- Tiger shrike (L. tigrinus)
- Souza's shrike (L. souzae)
- Bull-headed shrike (L. bucephalus)
- Brown shrike (L. cristatus)
- Red-backed shrike (L. collurio)
- Isabelline shrike (L. isabellinus)
- Red-tailed shrike (L. phoenicuroides)
- Burmese shrike (L. collurioides)
- Emin's shrike (L. gubernator)
- Bay-backed shrike (L. vittatus)
- Long-tailed shrike (L. schach)
- Grey-backed shrike (L. tephronotus)
- Mountain shrike (L. validirostris)
- Mackinnon's shrike (L. mackinnoni)
- Lesser grey shrike (L. minor)
- Loggerhead shrike (L. ludovicianus)
- Northern shrike (L. borealis)
- Great grey shrike (L. excubitor)
- Iberian grey shrike (L. meridionalis)
- Chinese grey shrike (L. sphenocercus)
- Giant grey shrike (L. giganteus)
- Grey-backed fiscal (L. excubitoroides)
- Long-tailed fiscal (L. cabanisi)
- Taita fiscal (L. dorsalis)
- Somali fiscal (L. somalicus)
- Northern fiscal (L. humeralis)
- Southern fiscal (L. collaris)
- São Tomé fiscal (L. newtoni)
- Woodchat shrike (L. senator)
- Masked shrike (L. nubicus)
- Yellow-billed shrike (C. corvina)
- Magpie shrike (U. melanoleucus)
- Northern white-crowned shrike (E. ruppelli)
- Southern white-crowned shrike (E. anguitimens)
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