Shrikes (Laniidae)
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi) - HBW 13, p. 789
French: Pie-grièche à longue queue
German: Langschwanzwürger
Spanish: Alcaudón Colilargo
Taxonomy: Lanius cabanisi E. J. O. Hartert, 1906, Mombasa, Kenya.
Forms a superspecies with L. excubitorius, and the two are sometimes united in subgenus Neolanius. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Somalia, S & SE Kenya (from E of L Victoria E to coast; occasional observations N of equator) and NE & S Tanzania (S to Kilosa and Dar es Salaam; outlying population Usanga Flats).
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A group perched in a bush chattering noisily and swinging their long tails in all directions Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 9 years ago 34 sec 4.8 -
A group in an acacia tree, some of them flying away and some of them calling. Locality Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 16 February 2012 37 weeks ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched in an acacia tree at dawn. Locality Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 16 February 2012 37 weeks ago 19 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of an adult perched, then flying away. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 4 years ago 20 sec 4.2 -
A group perched in a bush chattering noisily and swinging their long tails in all directions Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 9 years ago 14 sec 4.2 -
An adult perched on an iron post Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 9 years ago 16 sec 4
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A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Sabaki (Galana) River Delta, Kenya
Tadeusz Rosinski 25 January 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.3 -
Perching at sunset
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
An adult perched in a bush
Locality Nairobi National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Liam Hughes 17 May 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
An adult perched on a thorn bush.
Locality Nairobi National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 6 February 2006 2 years ago 3.8 -
an adult feeding the young (right)
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 28 December 2009 3 years ago 3.6 -
A close-up of an adult.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 4 years ago 3.5
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A group perched in a bush chattering noisily while swinging their long tails in all directions. Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya
(Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 17 weeks ago 4
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