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Lanius senator · Family Laniidae

Lanius senator

Family Laniidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Laniidae
GBIF occurrence records
334,358
Countries and territories with records
110
Woodchat Shrike
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About this species

This species has 334,358 occurrence records from 110 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (48.1%), France (11.2%), Portugal (9.7%), Israel (5.9%) and Greece (4.5%); together they account for 79.4% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 0.31% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Lanius senator combines the genus name Lanius with the species epithet senator. 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 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Lanius ludovicianus. Its record count is 1.6 times the family average (206,182). The family Laniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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