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
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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
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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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