Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Shrikes :: Southern Gray Shrike

Southern Gray Shrike Lanius meridionalis

Described by: Temminck (1820)
Alternate common name(s): Southern Grey Shrike, Saharan Shrike
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Lanzarote Island, Canary Islands, Spain - Jul 1, 2001 © Max Andrews  Lanzarote Island, Canary Islands, Spain - Jul 1, 2001 © Max Andrews  Lanzarote Island, Canary Islands, Spain - Jul 1, 2001 © Max Andrews  Guarda, Portugal - Apr 29, 2002 © Jose Viana  India - 2002 © David Bradley 
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Range

Ethiopian and Oriental Regions;
(1) Iberian Peninsula (Portugal at Pera Marsh, Lagoa dos Salgados, Algarve) and s. France.
(2) Canary Is.
(3) Nw. Africa in Morocco (n. of Atlas Mountains), coastal n. Algeria and Tunisia.
(4) N. Sahara from s. Mauritania to s. Egypt, the Red Sea and Sinai Peninsula.
(5) S. Sahara from Senegambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, s. Niger, ne. Nigeria, Cameroon, s. Chad to w. Sudan in the Nile River Valley.
(6) Ne. Africa from the w. coast of the Red Sea (Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia) and Arabia and s. Iran.
(7) N. Israel and s. Lebanon in the Galilee Hills.
(8) Yemen.
(9) Socotra Is.
(10) E. Pakistan, w. and n. India to Bangladesh.
(11) Sc. Asia from Iraq and Iran to the n. and e. Caspian Sea region to the Aral Sea, Transcaspia to e. Kazakhstan and Lake Balkash region and the arid steppes of w. China (Xinjiang, Gansu and Ningsia)?.

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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