The shrike families are:
Campephagidae,
Laniidae,
Malaconotidae, Prionopidae.
Shrikes have a hooked beak that enables them to catch small animals and insects. They often impale their meals on thorns which explains the derivation of their name from the Latin word for butcher.
They sit upright on the tops of shrubs and other conspicuous perches to spot their prey and also to advertise their presence to competitors. Their coloring is drab. Most shrikes are located in Africa,
Europe, and Asia. They are closely related to the bushshrikes and helmetshrikes,.
The live in relatively open spaces.
Genus Corvinella
Shrike,_Magpie also
African Long-tailed Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 6) Dick Daniels - Kruger National Park, Sourh Africa 2)
Sandy Cole - Kruger 3)
Nik_Borrow 4, 5) Dick - Tanzania 7)
Tarique_Sani - Tanzania 8)
Tude_e_Joao - Botswana







Shrike,_Yellow-billed Corvinella corvina Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Tom Haslam - Senegal 2)
JV Verde - The Gambia 3)
Charles Sharp - Gambia 4)
Nik_Borrow 5)
Gisela Braun




Genus Eurocephalus
Shrike,_Northern White-crowned also
White-rumped Shrike Eurocephalus rueppelli Found:
Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Carol Foil - Buffalo Spring Reserve,
Kenya 3)
Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo 4)
Nik_Borrow - Tanzania



Shrike,_Southern_White-crowned Eurocephalus anguitimens Found:
Africa
Image by: 1)
Frank Vassen 2)
Alistair Rae -
Namibia
3, 4) Derek_Keats - South Africa



Genus Lanius
These are the "true" or "typical" shrikes. Some are term fiscals, derived from an African word for "hangman", because they hand their prey on thorns for storage. Most of these shrikes have insects as their main prey, but some of the larger shrikes eat small birds, reptiles, and mammals.
Fiscal,_Gray-backed Lanius excubitoroides Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Darren Bellerby - Kenya 2)
Nik Borrow - Uganda 3)
Steve Garvie - Kenya 4)
Mu Tong 5) Dick Daniels - Lake Naivasha, Kenya




Fiscal,_Long-tailed Lanius cabanisi Found: Kenya, Tanzania
Image by: 1)
Frederic Salein - Tanzania 2)
Carol Foil 3)
Dave Curtis 4, 5) Dick Daniels - Nairobi National Park, Kenya




Fiscal,_Northern Lanius humeralis Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Joseph Mochoge - Kenya 2)
Lip Kee Yap - Kenya 3)
Jerry Friedman - Kenya
4, 5) Dick Daniels - Hell’s Gate National Park, Kenya
6) Dick - Nairobi National Park, Kenya




Fiscal,_Sao Tome also
Newton's Fiscal Lanius newtoni Found: São Tomé and Príncip (west coast of central Africa)
Image by: 1)
Henrik Gronvold 2)
Klaus Ewald
1)
Bottom: Sao Tome Fiscal 2) Top: Uhehe Fiscal (
Lanius (
collaris)
marwitzi)

Fiscal,_Somali Lanius somalicus Found: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Image by: 1)
Dick Daniels - specimen in
Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 2)
Steve Garvie - Rift Valley, Kenya 3)
Steve Rooke - Ethiopia
1) Immaturre molting to adult


Fiscal,_Southern Lanius collaris Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 3) Dick Daniels - Johannesburg, South Africa 2)
Derek Keats - South Africa 4)
Kevin O'Grady 5)
Cristiano Crolle - Wilderness, South Africa
1)
Juvenile




Fiscal,_Taita Lanius dorsalis Found: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania
Image by:
1, 4) Steve Garvie - Kenya 2)
Dick Daniels - specimen in
Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 3)
Tarique Sani - Tanzania 5)
Nik_Borrow - Tanzania
1) Juvenile




Fiscal,_Uhehe Lanius (
collaris)
marwitzi Found: Tanzania
Image by: 1)
Henrik Gronvold
1) Top:
Uhehe Fiscal (
Lanius (
collaris)
marwitzi) 2) Bottom: Sao Tome Fiscal
Shrike,_Bay-backed Lanius vittatus Found: south Asia
Image by:
1, 2) JM Garg - India 3)
Tarique Sani - India 4)
Davidvraju - India



Shrike,_Brown Lanius cristatus Found: Asia, Africa
Image by: 1)
Sergey Pisarevskiy - western Siberia 2)
Vijay Ismavel
3) Charlie Westerinen - Thailand 4)
K C Hung 5, 6) Lin_Sun_Fong - Taiwan 7)
JJ_Harrison
1 - 3) Female 4 - 7) Male






Shrike,_Bull-headed Lanius bucephalus Found: Asia
Image by:
1, 2) Hiyashi Haka 3, 4, 5) Alpsdake 6)
Paul
1, 2, 3) Female 4, 5, 6) Male





Shrike,_Burmese Lanius collurioides Found: southeast Asia
Image by: 1)
Sergey Yeliseev 2)
Wayne Hodgkinson - Vietnam 3)
Jason_Thompson - Thailand 4)
Mike_Rose



Shrike,_Chinese Gray Lanius sphenocercus Asia
Image by: 1)
Blake Matheson - China
2, 3) Hiyashi_Haka


Shrike,_Emin's Lanius gubernator Found: dry areas in Africa
Image by: 1)
Mike and Helen Cox 2)
Nigel Voaden - Cameroon

Shrike,_Gray-backed Lanius tephronotus Found: southeast Asia
Image by: 1)
Lip Kee - Thailand
2, 3)
Vijay Ismavel


Shrike,_Gray-capped also
Mountain Shrike Lanius validirostris Found: Phiippines
Image by: 1)
Chito
Shrike,_Isabelline also
Rufous-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus Found:
Asia, Africa
Image by: 1)
Imran_Shah - Pakistan 2)
SJ Ahanmi - United Arab Emirates 3)
Pkspks - India 4) Ali Al-Mohannadi
1) Female 2 - 4) Male



Shrike,_Lesser_Gray Lanius minor Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Image by: 1) Bernard_Dupont 2)
Andy_Morffew. 3)
Pim Stouten - South Africa 4) Daniel Bastaja 5)
Vitaliy Khustochka - Ukraine 6)
Nik_Borrow - Tanzania
1) Juvenile
2) Female




Shrike,_Loggerhead Lanius ludovicianus Found: North America
Image by:
1, 2) Dick Daniels - Florida
3, 4) Dick - North Carolina 5)
Becky Matsubara - California




Shrike,_Long-tailed Lanius schach Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Lip_Kee - India 2)
Munish_Jauhar 3)
Alnus - Taiwan 4)
Shantanu Kuveskar - India 5)
Ansel.Ma
1) Juvenile




Shrike,_MacKinnon's Lanius mackinnoni Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 4) Nik_Borrow - Cameroon, Uganda 2)
Francesco Veronesi - Uganda 3)
Peter_Steward - Kenya



Shrike,_Masked Lanius nubicus Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Image by:
1, 4) Durzan 2)
Clauia Becker 3)
Angie and Chris Pye - Cyprus



Shrike,_Northern also
Great Gray Shrike also
Northern Gray Shrike Lanius excubitor Found:
North America, Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Marek Szczepanek - Poland 2)
Nik Borrow - Senegal 3)
Ingrid_Taylar Trebol-a - Spain



Shrike,_Red-backed Lanius collurio Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Image by:
1, 5) Arno Meintjes 2, 4) Frank Vassen 3)
Imran_Shah - Pakistan
6)
Antonios_Tsaknakis
1) Juvenile 2, 3, 4) Female 5, 6, 7) Male





Shrike,_Red-tailed also
Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroidesFound: Asia, Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Sergey Yeliseev - Kazakastan 3)
Jrrobinantony


Shrike,_Southern_Gray Lanius meridionalis Found: Europe, Africa
Image by: 1)
Cristiano Crolle - Monfrague, Spain 2)
Anders Olsson - Oman 3)
Juan Emilio 4)
Frank_Vassen - Canary Islands



Shrike,_Souza's Lanius souzae Found: dry savannas of central Africa
Image by: 1)
Ron Knight 2)
Francesco Veronesi 3)
Peter_Steward - Malawi 3)
Nik_Borrow - Malawi


Shrike,_Tiger Lanius tigrinus Found: Asia, Indonesia, Malasi
Image by: 1)
Johnny Wee - Singapore 2)
Lip Kee - Singapore 3)
Melvin Yap - Singapore 4)
Kia Bo He
1) Juvenile 2) Female



Shrike,_Woodchat Lanius senator Found: Europe, Africa
Image by: 1)
Causinho - Spain 2) Muchaxo
3, 4) Durzan 5)
Agustin_Povedano
1, 2) Female 3, 4, 5) Male



