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 LC    Masked Shrike* Id (Atlas):
    Lanius nubicus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Masked Shrike, Nubian Shrike

Family
Laniidae (Shrikes)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lichtenstein, 1823

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)
Bahrain (P), Bulgaria (B), Central African Republic, Chad, Cyprus (B) (P), Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece (B) (P), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (P), Israel (B), Jordan (B) (P), Kuwait, Lebanon (B), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Mali, Mauritania, Montenegro (B), Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia (B), Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic (B), Turkey (B), United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Vagrant to Algeria, Finland, Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Spain, Sweden.

Breeds from Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor south to Levant, including Cyprus, also in northern Iraq and western Iran (Zagros Mts); range limits uncertain, possibly includes southern Turkmenistan and north-western Afghanistan. Non-breeding in sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabia.
 
Population
Estimated population is 140,000 - 600,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

 
Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus) [XC470178]
     by Aladdin from Ayval\u0131k, Bal\u0131kesir, Turkey (song)

 
Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus) [XC629652]
     by Stuart Fisher from eBird hotspot Cape Greco, Cyprus (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Affiliations uncertain, possibly related to some Palearctic brown shrikes and some African fiscal shrikes.


References
See References.


Files:
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