Warbla · Library
Common Fiscal
Lanius collaris · Family Laniidae
Lanius collaris
Family Laniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 457,410
- Countries and territories with records
- 33
About this species
This species has 457,410 occurrence records from 33 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (95.4%) and Namibia (1.7%); together they account for 97.2% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 1.1% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Lanius collaris combines the genus name Lanius with the species epithet collaris. 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 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Lanius ludovicianus. Its record count is 2.2 times the family average (206,182). The family Laniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.