Taita Fiscal (Lanius dorsalis)

Other Names (World)
Taita Fiscal, Teita Fiscal, Taita Fiscal Shrike

Family
Laniidae (Shrikes)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cabanis, 1878

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Extreme south-eastern Sudan, southern Ethiopia and southern Somalia (except extreme southern coastal zone) south to north-eastern Uganda (Kidepo Valley south to Moroto), north-eastern and eastern Kenya (absent south-eastern coastal strip from Malindi south to Tanzanian border) and NE Tanzania (lowlands of Serengeti plains east to Kilimanjaro).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Taita Fiscal (Lanius dorsalis) [XC398391]
by Andrew Spencer from Galdessa Camp, Tsavo, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya (song)

Taita Fiscal (Lanius dorsalis) [XC210028]
by id from Soda Plain, Ethiopia (song)

Subspecies
Morphology, distribution and vocalizations suggest that this species' closest relative is Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Taita Fiscal (Lanius dorsalis) - 10 files

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