Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus)

Family
Laniidae (Shrikes)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartlaub, 1859

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia.

Extreme south-eastern Sudan, Ethiopia (except northern and west), Somalia (except south-west) and north-western Kenya (L Turkana basin east to Marsabit).

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 (4)...)

Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus) [XC450340]
by id from Marsabit County, Kenya (song)

Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus) [XC300409]
by Peter Boesman from South of Yabello, Ethiopia (song)

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

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus) - 10 files

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