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Eurocephalus
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Eurocephalus

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Eurocephalus is a small genus of passerine birds containing two species commonly known as white-crowned shrikes.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyLaniidae
Observations recorded65,752

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
Family
Laniidae
Collections
UMZC, SDNHM
Recorded in
South-West Africa [Namibia]

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Contents
  • Extant Species
  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • Etymology
  • References

Eurocephalus is a small genus of passerine birds containing two species commonly known as white-crowned shrikes.

==Extant Species== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | 120px|| Eurocephalus ruppelli||Northern white-crowned shrike or white-rumped shrike ||east Africa from south eastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia to Tanzania |- | 120px|| Eurocephalus anguitimens ||Southern white-crowned shrike or white-crowned shrike|| Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. |- |}

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eurocephalus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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