Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 is a animal in the Laniidae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

Lanius isabellinus is a shrike with sandy isabelline plumage and a red tail, distinguishable from young red-backed shrikes by sparser underpart vermiculations.

Family
Genus
Lanius
Order
Passeriformes
Class
Aves

About Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

This species, scientifically named Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833, has isabelline (sandy-colored) plumage – this sandy shade is what gave the species its name. It also has a red tail. Young individuals of this species can be told apart from young red-backed shrikes by the much sparser vermiculations on their underparts.

Photo: (c) Pavel Shukov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pavel Shukov · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Laniidae Lanius

More from Laniidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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