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Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

4,335Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
59Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May946
Jun577
Jul138
Aug596
Sep1,458
Oct586
Nov19
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Riding of Yorkshire England707
2Shetland Islands —632
3Norfolk England427
4Isles of Scilly England308
5Suffolk England236
6Cambridgeshire England211
7Kent England180
8Orkney Islands Scotland134
9Cornwall England85
10Dorset England78
11Essex England71
12Surrey England67
13North Yorkshire England54
14East Lothian Scotland50
15Lincolnshire England42
3,324 England947 Scotland59 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,335
Peak month
September
Counties with records
59
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lanius collurio
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
127
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Laniidae
Genus
Lanius
Name with authority
Lanius collurio Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26671 · GBIF 7745240