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Isabelline Shrike

Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

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 isbellinus also known as the Rufous or the Rufous-tailed Shrike a winter visitor ot Northern and Western India, Basai Wetlands, February 2014

Lanius isbellinus also known as the Rufous or the Rufous-tailed Shrike a winter visitor ot Northern and Western India, Basai Wetlands, February 2014

Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0 · Image source

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Open encyclopedia reference

The isabelline shrike or Daurian shrike (Lanius isabellinus) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was previously considered conspecific with the red-backed shrike and red-tailed shrike. It is found in an extensive area between the Caspian Sea and north and central China southeast to the Qaidam Basin. Overwinters in Africa and Arabia.

Wikipedia contributors, Isabelline shrike; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:28:25.766795+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Lanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
Name authority
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
Common name
Isabelline 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyLaniidae Rafinesque, 1815
  11. genusLanius Linnaeus, 1758
  12. speciesLanius isabellinus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

Close classified relatives

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

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

Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)

Southern Asia

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.

  1. Hemprich, Wilhelm Friedrich, & and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. (1833). Symbolae Physicae Seu Icones et Descriptiones Avium Quae Ex Itinere per Africam Borealem et Asiam Occidentalem. 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:3S7BT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.