Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Laniidae |
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BTO Codes:
OO, WOOSH
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EURING No: 15230 | |
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Number in Britain:
21 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
senator (S), badius (V) recorded in Britain (of 4 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
18 cm
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Wingspan: 27 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 35 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: lanius=a butcher and L.: senator=a senator (referring to a supposedly purple nape, reflecting a senator's robes) |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: c&s Europe, n Africa, w Asia, WINTERS: Africa & Middle East |
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Habitat:
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Savanna, forest edge |
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Diet:
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Mainly insects, esp. beetles, occ. small vertebrates, hunts from perch |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Isle of May, 1911
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Cigydd Pengoch |
| Danish: Rødhovedet tornskade | Dutch: Roodkopklauwier |
| Finnish: Punapäälepinkäinen | French: Pie-grièche à tête rousse |
| German: Rotkopfwürger | Hungarian: Vörösfeju gébics |
| Icelandic: Trjásvarri | Irish: Scréachán Coille |
| Italian: Averla capirossa | Norwegian: Rødhodevarsler |
| Polish: Dzierzba rudoglowa | Portuguese: Picanço-barreteiro |
| Spanish: Alcaudón común | Swedish: Rödhuvad törnskata |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Panov, E.N. 2011 The true shrikes (Laniidae) of the world: ecology, behaviour and evolution Pensoft, Sofia [598.942 PAN] | |
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