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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| name = Southern Grey Shrike
| image = Southern grey shrike.jpg
| name = Iberian grey shrike
| image = Lanius meridionalis, Pêra, Algarve, Portugal 1 (cropped).jpg
| image_width = 235px
| image_caption = Southern Grey Shrike, [[Oman]]
| image_caption = ''Lanius meridionalis'' in
[[Algarve]], [[Portugal]]
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| status = VU
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Lanius meridionalis'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T22729533A118845180 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22729533A118845180.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
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| genus = Lanius
| familia = [[shrike|Laniidae]]
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| species = meridionalis
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| genus = ''[[Lanius]]''
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| authority = [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1820
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| species = '''''L. meridionalis'''''
| range_map =
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| binomial = ''Lanius meridionalis''
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| binomial_authority = [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], [[1820]]
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}}


The '''Iberian grey shrike''' ('''''Lanius meridionalis''''') is a member of the [[shrike]] family. It is closely related to the [[great grey shrike]], ''Lanius excubitor'', and its plumage is generally similar to the great grey shrike apart from the differences noted below. The Iberian was previously considered [[conspecific]] with the great grey; where they co-occur, they do not interbreed and are separated by choice of [[Habitat (ecology)|habitat]].<ref>Sangster, George; Knox, Alan G.; Helbig, Andreas J. & Parkin, David T. (2002): Taxonomic recommendations for European birds. ''[[Ibis (journal)|Ibis]]'' '''144'''(1): 153–159. {{doi|10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00026.x}} [https://www.doi.org/10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00026.x PDF fulltext] </ref>
The '''Southern Grey Shrike''', ''Lanius meridionalis'', is a member of the [[shrike]] family.


==Taxonomy and systematics==
It is closely related to the [[Great Grey Shrike]], ''Lanius excubitor'', with which it used to be considered conspecific; where they co-occur, they do not interbreed and are separated by choice of [[Habitat (ecology)|habitat]] (Sangster ''et al.'', 2002).
The genus name, ''[[Lanius]]'', is derived from the [[Latin]] word for "[[butcher]]", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The specific ''meridionalis'' is [[Latin]] for "southern".<ref name=job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher= Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages= [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n219 219], 251}}</ref> The common English name "shrike" is from [[Old English]] ''scríc'', "shriek", referring to the shrill call.<ref name=OED>{{Cite OED |Shrike}}</ref>


The race ''L. m. meridionalis'' is resident in southern [[Europe]] and north [[Africa]]. It is slightly smaller and darker than the Great Grey Shrike, and prefers dry open country.
It is resident in southern [[Europe]]. It is slightly smaller and darker than the great grey shrike, and prefers dry open country.


==Behaviour and ecology==
The race ''L. m. pallidirostis'' breeds in central [[Asia]] and winters in the tropics. It is much paler than Southern Grey or Great Grey, and is sometimes split as a separate species, the ''Steppe Grey Shrike''', ''L. pallidirostis''. It too prefers more arid habitat with sparse vegetation.
[[File:Lanius meridionalis MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.211.jpg|thumb|left|Eggs of ''Lanius meridionalis'' - [[MHNT]]]]
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This medium-sized [[passerine]] [[bird]] eats large [[insects]], small [[birds]] and [[rodents]]. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on [[Thorns, spines, and prickles|thorns]] or [[barbed wire]] as a "[[larder]]".


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==References==
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This medium-sized [[passerine]] [[bird]] eats large insects, small birds, rodents and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder".
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==Bibliography==
The plumage is generally similar to Great Grey Shrike apart from the differences noted above.


===Identification===
The [[bird migration|migratory]] eastern form is a scarce vagrant to western [[Europe]], including [[Great Britain]], usually in autumn.
[[Image:Shrike_prey_lizard.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Lizard impaled on thorns by Southern Grey Shrike ''Lanius meridionalis'', Lanzarote]]


* Jorma Tenovuo & Juha Varrela (1998) Identification of the Great Grey Shrike complex in Europe ''[[Alula (journal)|Alula]]'' 4(1): 4 - 11
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==References==
*Clement, Peter, and Tim Worfolk (1995) Southern and eastern Great Grey Shrikes in northwest Europe ''[[Birding World]]'' 8(8) 300-309
* '''Sangster''', George; Knox, Alan G.; Helbig, Andreas J. & Parkin, David T. (2002): Taxonomic recommendations for European birds. ''[[Ibis (journal)|Ibis]]'' '''144'''(1): 153–159. {{DOI|10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00026.x}} [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00026.x PDF fulltext]


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Lanius meridionalis|Southern grey shrike}}
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*[http://www.ibercajalav.net/img/403_SouthernGreyShrikeLmeridionalis.pdf Ageing and sexing (PDF) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta]
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{{Wikispecies|Lanius meridionalis}}

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141202063738/http://aulaenred.ibercaja.es/wp-content/uploads/403_SouthernGreyShrikeLmeridionalis.pdf Ageing and sexing (PDF; 4.7 MB) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze]
[[Category:Lanius]]
* {{InternetBirdCollection|southern-grey-shrike-lanius-meridionalis|Southern grey shrike}}
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[[Category:Birds of Pakistan]]
* {{VIREO|southern+gray+shrike|Southern gray shrike}}


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[[Category:Birds described in 1820|Iberian grey shrike]]
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[[pl:Dzierzba śródziemnomorska]]
[[fi:Etelänisolepinkäinen]]
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Latest revision as of 13:54, 24 October 2023

Iberian grey shrike
Lanius meridionalis in

Algarve, Portugal

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Laniidae
Genus: Lanius
Species:
L. meridionalis
Binomial name
Lanius meridionalis
Temminck, 1820

The Iberian grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis) is a member of the shrike family. It is closely related to the great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor, and its plumage is generally similar to the great grey shrike apart from the differences noted below. The Iberian was previously considered conspecific with the great grey; where they co-occur, they do not interbreed and are separated by choice of habitat.[2]

Taxonomy and systematics[edit]

The genus name, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The specific meridionalis is Latin for "southern".[3] The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call.[4]

It is resident in southern Europe. It is slightly smaller and darker than the great grey shrike, and prefers dry open country.

Behaviour and ecology[edit]

Eggs of Lanius meridionalis - MHNT

This medium-sized passerine bird eats large insects, small birds and rodents. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder".

References[edit]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Lanius meridionalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22729533A118845180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22729533A118845180.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sangster, George; Knox, Alan G.; Helbig, Andreas J. & Parkin, David T. (2002): Taxonomic recommendations for European birds. Ibis 144(1): 153–159. doi:10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00026.x PDF fulltext
  3. ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 219, 251. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ "Shrike". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

Bibliography[edit]

Identification[edit]

  • Jorma Tenovuo & Juha Varrela (1998) Identification of the Great Grey Shrike complex in Europe Alula 4(1): 4 - 11
  • Clement, Peter, and Tim Worfolk (1995) Southern and eastern Great Grey Shrikes in northwest Europe Birding World 8(8) 300-309

External links[edit]

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