Iberian grey shrike
| Iberian grey shrike | |
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| Lanius meridionalis in | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Laniidae |
| Genus: | Lanius |
| Species: | L. meridionalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lanius meridionalis Temminck, 1820
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The Iberian grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis) is a member of the
habitat.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus name, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The specific meridionalis is Latin for "southern".[3] The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call.[4]
It is resident in southern Europe. It is slightly smaller and darker than the great grey shrike, and prefers dry open country.
Behaviour and ecology
MHNT
This medium-sized
rodents. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder
".
References
- . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ "Shrike". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
Bibliography
Identification
- Jorma Tenovuo & Juha Varrela (1998) Identification of the Great Grey Shrike complex in Europe Alula4(1): 4 - 11
- Clement, Peter, and Tim Worfolk (1995) Southern and eastern Great Grey Shrikes in northwest Europe Birding World 8(8) 300-309
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Southern grey shrike.
Wikispecies has information related to Lanius meridionalis.
- Ageing and sexing (PDF; 4.7 MB) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze
- "Southern grey shrike media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Southern gray shrike photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)