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Long-tailed Shrike
Lanius schach · Family Laniidae
Lanius schach
Family Laniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 513,099
- Countries and territories with records
- 53
About this species
This species has 513,099 occurrence records from 53 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (50.9%), Taiwan (21.4%), China (10.4%), Nepal (3.6%) and Hong Kong (3.1%); together they account for 89.3% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.42% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Lanius schach combines the genus name Lanius with the species epithet schach. 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 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Lanius ludovicianus. Its record count is 2.5 times the family average (206,182). The family Laniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.