Shrikes (Laniidae)
Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus) - HBW 13, p. 791
French:
Pie-grièche de Somalie
German: Somaliwürger
Spanish:
Alcaudón Somalí
Taxonomy: Lanius
somalicus Hartlaub and Heuglin, 1859, Bender Gam,
Ker-Singeli-Somals country, Red Sea, Somalia.
Morphology,
distribution and vocalizations suggest that this species’
closest relative is L. dorsalis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme SE Sudan, Ethiopia (except N & W), Somalia (except SW) and NW Kenya (L Turkana basin E to Marsabit).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on top of a tree. Locality Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 November 2005 7 years ago 21 sec 3
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Juvenile moulting towards adult plumage. Easy to identify at this stage from Taita fiscal because of grey-brown upper parts
Locality Marsabit National Reserve, Kenya
rekel 28 December 2007 36 weeks ago 3.6 -
On the top of a bush
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 14 February 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
A perched individual of Somali Fiscal in the grasslands of Awash NP
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Christian Boix Hinzen 6 November 2009 3 years ago 2.7
- No sound recordings available yet
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