Bull-headed Shrike

Lanius bucephalus - Pie-grièche bucéphale

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Laniidés

  • Genus
    :

    Lanius

  • Species
    :

    bucephalus

Descriptor

Temminck Schlegel, 1845

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 20 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 34 à 54 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus) is a species of bird in the Laniidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Lanius bucephalus bucephalus (se Russia, ne China, Korea, Japan and nearby islands)
  • Lanius bucephalus sicarius (c China)

Foreign names

  • Pie-grièche bucéphale,
  • Alcaudón bucéfalo,
  • picanço-bucéfalo,
  • Büffelkopfwürger,
  • bivalyfejű gébics,
  • Buffelkopklauwier,
  • Averla taurina,
  • rosthuvad törnskata,
  • Oksevarsler,
  • strakoš veľkohlavý,
  • ťuhýk hlavatý,
  • Bøffelhovedet Tornskade,
  • härkälepinkäinen,
  • capsigrany bucèfal,
  • dzierzba wschodnia,
  • lielgalvas čakste,
  • Японский сорокопут,
  • モズ,
  • 牛头伯劳,
  • 紅頭伯勞,

Voice song and cries

Pie-grièche bucéphale
♂ adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Pie-grièche bucéphale
♂ adult plum. post breeding

Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Pie-grièche bucéphale
published: - Updated: 14-02-2007
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