Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Shrikes :: Northern Shrike

Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Great Grey Shrike, Great Gray Shrike
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA - Dec 22, 2002 © Glen Tepke  Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA - Dec 22, 2002 © Glen Tepke  Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA - Dec 22, 2002 © Glen Tepke  Port Williams, Nova Scotia, Canada - Dec, 2007 © Richard Stern  Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA - Dec 12, 2001 © Joseph W. Hammond 
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Range

Palearctic and Holarctic Regions:
(1) W. and n. Europe in n. Scandinavia, e. Germany (Hessen in the Kellerwald) e. across n. Russia to w. Siberia and s. to c. France and n. Italy and Asia Minor.
(2) Se. Europe from the Balkan Peninsula (Crimea), Ukraine to s. Ural Mountains and wc. Asia.
(3) W. Siberia to Russian Turkestan (Yenisey River).
(4) E. Siberia to n. Mongolia and Kamchatka Peninsula?.
(5) Sakhalin Is., s. Kuril and n. Japan.
(6) C. Asia in the Russian Altai, and nw. Mongolia. Nw. China (Sinkiang, Kansu, Ningsia)
(7) Chinese Turkestan (Tien Shan).
(8) W. and n. Alaska and nw. Canada (ex. n. British Columbia, Alberta, n. Manitoba).
(9) E. Canada (n. Ontario, n. to c. Quebec and s. Labrador).
Winters s. to ne. United States.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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