Steppe grey shrike

The steppe grey shrike (Lanius excubitor pallidirostris) is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae) native to Central Asia and parts of northern China, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Formerly considered a subspecies of the southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis) complex, it is now classified as a subspecies of the great grey shrike.

Lanius excubitor pallidirostris
In southern Kazakhstan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Laniidae
Genus: Lanius
Species:
L. excubitor
Subspecies:
L. e. pallidirostris
Trinomial name
Lanius excubitor pallidirostris
Cassin, 1851
Synonyms
  • Lanius meridionalis pallidirostris
  • Lanius pallidirostris

Taxonomy

The steppe grey shrike was described by the American ornithologist John Cassin in 1851 under its current binomial name Lanius pallidirostris.[1] The generic Lanius is Latin for a "butcher" and the specific pallidirostris combines the Latin pallidus for "pale" and -rostris for "billed".[2] The species is monotypic.[3]

References
  1. Cassin, John (1851). "Descriptions of new species of birds of the family Laniadae, specimens of which are in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5 (10): 244–254 [244–245].
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 219, 289. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Shrikes, vireos & shrike-babblers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 October 2017.


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