Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Serengeti, Oct 2009

Bird name: Magpie Shrike
Latin: Urolestes melanoleucus
Other: African Long-tailed Shrike
Family: Laniidae • Shrikes

Here are a couple of Magpie Shrikes seen in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

Identified by their long tail feathers and black and white markings.More photos...

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Red Backed Shrike
Latin: Lanius collurio
Other: Pie-grièche écorcheur
Family: Laniidae • Shrikes

Female to the left and male, with black Zorro mask, to the right. The Red Backed Shrike was most common of the three shrikes I have seen so far.More photos...

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Lesser Grey Shrike
Latin: Lanius minor
Other: Pie-grièche à poitrine rose (Fr) • Lesser Gray Shrike
Family: Laniidae • Shrikes

This Lesser Grey Shrike was right at the top of the tallest tree in the marshes, in the Danube Delta.More photos...

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Nice • May 2009

Bird name: Woodchat Shrike
Latin: Lanius senator
Other: Pie-grièche à tête rousse
Family: Laniidae • Shrikes

Woodchat Shrikes are not the easiest of birds to spot with the naked eye around these parts - this was the only one I saw all year.More photos...

154 Laniidae - Shrikes - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Corvinella corvina - Yellow-billed Shrike - E, C, W Africa

Urolestes melanoleucus - Magpie Shrike - C, E Africa

Eurocephalus rueppelli - Northern White-crowned Shrike - E Africa
Eurocephalus anguitimens - Southern White-crowned Shrike - C Africa

Lanius tigrinus - Tiger Shrike - E Eurasia
Lanius souzae - Souza's Shrike - C Africa
Lanius bucephalus - Bull-headed Shrike - E Eurasia
Lanius cristatus - Brown Shrike - E Eurasia - NE Africa, Asia
Lanius collurio - Red-backed Shrike - C, W Eurasia - S Africa
Lanius isabellinus - Isabelline Shrike - C Eurasia - S Asia, E Africa
Lanius phoenicuroides - Red-tailed Shrike - C Asia to Pakistan - SW Asia, E Africa - Split from L. isabellinus
Lanius collurioides - Burmese Shrike - Southeast Asia
Lanius gubernator - Emin's Shrike - C, W Africa
Lanius vittatus - Bay-backed Shrike - SC Eurasia
Lanius schach - Long-tailed Shrike - Widespread Asia, Australasia, also Lesser Sundas & New Guinea
Lanius tephronotus - Grey-backed Shrike - Himalayas, C China - Southeast Asia
Lanius validirostris - Mountain Shrike - Philippines
Lanius mackinnoni - Mackinnon's Shrike - C Africa
Lanius minor - Lesser Grey Shrike - C Eurasia - S Africa
Lanius ludovicianus - Loggerhead Shrike - Widespread North America, Middle America
Lanius excubitor - Great Grey Shrike - N North America, Eurasia - L. excubitor complex unclear
Lanius meridionalis - Southern Grey Shrike - Spain to India, N Africa
Lanius pallidirostris - Steppe Grey Shrike - C Eurasia - SW Asia, NE Africa - Split from L. meridionalis
Lanius sphenocercus - Chinese Grey Shrike - E Eurasia
Lanius excubitoroides - Grey-backed Fiscal - C, NE Africa
Lanius cabanisi - Long-tailed Fiscal - NE Africa
Lanius dorsalis - Taita Fiscal - NE Africa
Lanius somalicus - Somali Fiscal - NE Africa
Lanius collaris - Common Fiscal - Widespread Africa
Lanius marwitzi - Uhehe Fiscal - Tanzania
Lanius newtoni - Sao Tome Fiscal - São Tomé Africa
Lanius senator - Woodchat Shrike - SW Eurasia - C Africa
Lanius nubicus - Masked Shrike - SC Eurasia - NE Africa