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Brown Shrike

Lanius cristatus

584Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
13Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May18
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep134
Oct382
Nov40
Dec8

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England136
2Suffolk England128
3Norfolk England86
4East Riding of Yorkshire England55
5Wakefield England42
6Shetland Islands —30
7Cornwall England27
8Pembrokeshire Wales12
9North Yorkshire England6
10Aberdeenshire Scotland6
11Orkney Islands Scotland5
12Fife Scotland2
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
528 England44 Scotland12 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
584
Peak month
October
Counties with records
13
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lanius cristatus
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Laniidae
Genus
Lanius
Name with authority
Lanius cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q790616 · GBIF 2492846