Least ConcernWoodchat Shrike
Lanius senator
One of the 3 shrikes on WAnimals
Birds · Passeriformes · Laniidae
Lanius excubitor
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The great grey shrike is a predatory bird the size of a blackbird, grey with a black mask and black and white wings and tail. It hunts from raised perches and drops onto large insects, mice, lizards and other birds, which it kills with a precise bite to the nape. Its most famous habit is impaling its prey on thorns or barbed wire, forming larders that let it store food for lean days.
Weight
55 g – 80 g
Size
22 cm – 26 cm
Life expectancy
12 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: IUCN Red List · Animal Diversity Web · Wikipedia (es)
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 104.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Great Grey Shrike — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about great grey shrike.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
