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Emin's Shrike

Lanius gubernator Hartlaub, 1882

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Lanius gubernator, Faro, Cameroon, 2026-03-22 (iNaturalist).
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Open encyclopedia reference

Emin's shrike (Lanius gubernator) is a species of passerine bird in the family Laniidae, the shrikes. This species has a scattered distribution across Africa from the Ivory Coast east to South Sudan and Uganda.

Wikipedia contributors, Emin's shrike; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:21:43.865191+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Lanius gubernator Hartlaub, 1882
Name authority: Hartlaub, 1882
Common name: Emin's Shrike
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Laniidae
Genus: Lanius
Extinction status: Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classAves
orderPasseriformes
familyLaniidae Rafinesque, 1815
genusLanius Linnaeus, 1758
speciesLanius gubernator Hartlaub, 1882

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Lanius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Species	Classification	Source status
Southern FiscalLanius collaris Linnaeus, 1766	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio Linnaeus, 1758	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides Prévost & des Murs, 1847	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis Stanley, 1814	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Mackinnon's ShrikeLanius mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalis Temminck, 1820	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor J. F. Gmelin, 1788	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach Linnaeus, 1758	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator Linnaeus, 1758	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Souza's ShrikeLanius souzae Barboza du Bocage, 1878	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Chinese Grey ShrikeLanius sphenocercus Cabanis, 1873	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Mountain ShrikeLanius validirostris Ogilvie-Grant, 1894	LaniidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 28 records assigned to Laniidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Africa

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

Hartlaub, & Karel Johan Gustav. (1882). Diagnosen neuer Arten aus Centralafrika, gesammelt von Dr. Emin Bey. Ornithologisches Centralblatt, Vol. 7. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3S7BQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.