About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Lesser Gray Shrike
Species · Birds

Lesser Gray Shrike

Lanius minor

491Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
17Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May73
Jun108
Jul24
Aug21
Sep191
Oct56
Nov18
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England193
2Shetland Islands —59
3Suffolk England40
4Cornwall England24
5North Yorkshire England22
6East Riding of Yorkshire England20
7Essex England16
8Plymouth England9
9Kent England8
10Isles of Scilly England4
11Cambridgeshire England3
12Dorset England3
13Argyll and Bute Scotland3
14Pembrokeshire Wales3
15East Lothian Scotland3
423 England65 Scotland3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
491
Peak month
September
Counties with records
17
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lanius minor
Also known as
Lesser Grey Shrike
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Shetland Islands
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Birds Directive
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Laniidae
Genus
Lanius
Name with authority
Lanius minor Gmelin, 1788
Described
1788
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q239393 · GBIF 2492854