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Lesser Grey Shrike
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species of bird
The Lesser Grey Shrike is a medium-sized predatory bird found across parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It's notable for its hunting behavior and distinctive appearance, making it an interesting subject for bird watchers and wildlife researchers studying how different bird species survive in their environments.
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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 46
- Image
- Lesser Grey Shrike by Daniel Bastaja.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lanius minor
- taxon name
- Lanius minor
- Commons gallery
- Lanius minor
- taxon common name
- picanzu nanu
- litter size
- 5.5
- egg incubation period
- 15
- short name
- L. minor
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Encyclopedic overview
The lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor) is a passerine bird in the shrike family Laniidae. It breeds in South and Central Europe and western Asia and migrates to winter quarters in southern Africa in the early autumn, returning in spring. It is a scarce vagrant to western Europe, including Great Britain, usually as a spring or autumn erratic.
It is similar in appearance to the great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) and the Iberian grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis); both sexes are predominantly black, white and grey, and males have pink-flushed underparts. It is slightly smaller than the great grey shrike, and has a black forehead and relatively longer wings. This species prefers dry open lowlands and is often seen on telephone wires.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lesser Grey Shrike” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.