Grey-backed fiscal
| Grey-backed fiscal | |
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| Serengeti, Tanzania | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Laniidae |
| Genus: | Lanius |
| Species: | L. excubitoroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Lanius excubitoroides Prévost & Des Murs, 1847 | |
Serengeti NP, Tanzania
The grey-backed fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides) is a species of bird in the Laniidae family. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
This is a large shrike found in wooded grassland, gardens and damp acacia scrub. It is a sociable bird and is often seen in pairs or small groups on tree stumps, wires and branches, engaged in wing fluttering, tail waving and noisy babble.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Lanius excubitoroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Kenya Birds
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