Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758 - Great Grey Shrike

Subspecies in India

This is also known as the Southern Grey Shrike and Steppe Grey Shrike in various polytypic forms.
 

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Lanius excubitor - Great Grey Shrike


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra2112225
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
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Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758 – Great Grey Shrike. In Satose, V., A. Bayani, V. Ramachandran, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.17. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://birdsofindia.org/lanius-excubitor, accessed 2025/04/24.