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Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucus · Family Laniidae
Urolestes melanoleucus
Family Laniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 107,230
- Countries and territories with records
- 17
About this species
This species has 107,230 occurrence records from 17 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (76.1%), Tanzania (7.6%), Botswana (7.1%), Zimbabwe (3.6%) and Namibia (3.6%); together they account for 98% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.2% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Urolestes melanoleucus combines the genus name Urolestes with the species epithet melanoleucus. It is the only species of the genus Urolestes in the Warbla app catalog.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 34 species of the family Laniidae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Lanius ludovicianus. Its record count is 52% of the family average (206,182). The family Laniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.