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).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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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 7 years ago 34 sec 4.7 -
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 7 years ago 14 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 2 years ago 20 sec 4 -
An adult perched on an iron post Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 7 years ago 16 sec 4 -
An adult on top of a tree Locality Nairobi National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 7 December 2002 5 years ago 21 sec 3.1
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an adult feeding the young (right)
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 28 December 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
An adult perched on a thorn bush.
Locality Nairobi National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 6 February 2006 1 year ago 3.8 -
A long-tailed fiscal, perched in a 'gesho' bush (Rhamnus prinoides)
Locality Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Frank Sandvoss 21 September 2009 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.4 -
A close-up of an adult.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 2 years ago 3.2 -
two birds on dead tree
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
chrisjohnson 1 January 1990 1 year ago 2
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