Great Grey Shrike

isolepinkäinen · Lanius excubitor

Family: Laniidae (Lepinkäiset) · Size: 21–26 cm

The great grey shrike is a large and predatory songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric southern relatives, the Iberian grey shrike, the Chinese grey shrike and the American loggerhead shrike. Males and females are similar in plumage, pearly grey above with a black eye-mask and white underparts.

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