Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Shrikes :: Woodchat Shrike

Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Woodchat
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Mertola, Portugal - Apr 23, 2002 © Jose Viana  Tagus Estuary Nature Reserve, Portugal - Sep 2, 2002 © Jose Viana  Shizzafon, Israel - Mar 19, 2002 © Joseph W. Hammond  Venissieux, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France - Apr 30, 2002 © Pascal Dubois  Venissieux, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France - Apr 30, 2002 © Pascal Dubois 
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Range

(1) S. Europe from France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Greece, Balkans, w. and s. Turkey s. and w. to the Mediterranean, and n. Africa (n. Tunisia and n. Libya).
Winters in w. and nc. Africa.
(2) Spain and Portugal and nw. Africa (Morocco).
Winters in w. Africa.
(3) W. Mediterranean is. (Balearic Is., Corsica, Sardinia).
Winters in w. and nc. Africa.
(4) Ne. Africa to sc. Turkey, Levant in Syria, n. Iraq, w. and s. Iran and s. Russia in the Transcaucasus.
Winters in ne. Africa and Arabia.

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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