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Bull-headed Shrike
Lanius bucephalus · Family Laniidae
Lanius bucephalus
Family Laniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 70,864
- Countries and territories with records
- 13
About this species
This species has 70,864 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Japan (60.3%), South Korea (34.1%), China (2.2%) and Taiwan (1.8%); together they account for 98.5% of the total. In Japan, this species accounts for 1.1% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Lanius bucephalus combines the genus name Lanius with the species epithet bucephalus. The Warbla app catalog lists 30 species of the genus Lanius; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Lanius ludovicianus, Lanius collurio and Lanius excubitor.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 34 species of the family Laniidae. This species ranks 13th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Lanius ludovicianus. Its record count is 34.4% of the family average (206,182). The family Laniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.