Lesser Grey Shrike

Lanius minor

The Lesser Grey Shrike is a member of the shrike family ''Laniidae''. It is similar in appearance to the Great Grey Shrike ''Lanius excubitor'' and the Southern Grey Shrike ''L. meridionalis''. It breeds in southeastern Europe and into Asia.
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Appearance

This species prefers dry open lowlands, and is prominent on telephone wires. It is slightly smaller than the Great Grey Shrike, and has a black forehead and relatively longer wings.
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Distribution

It is a scarce vagrant to western Europe, including Great Britain, usually as a spring overshoot.
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Food

This medium-sized migratory passerine eats large insects, small birds and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder".

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyLaniidae
GenusLanius
SpeciesL. minor
Photographed in
Bulgaria
Namibia
South Africa