Southern fiscal
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"Fiscal shrike" redirects here. For other uses, see Fiscal shrike (disambiguation).
The southern fiscal or fiscal shrike (Lanius collaris) is a member of the shrike family found through most of southern Africa. It is also sometimes named jackie hangman or butcher bird due to its habit of impaling its prey on acacia thorns to store the food for later consumption. It was previously lumped together with the northern fiscal (Lanius humeralis).[2] Together they were known as the common fiscal.
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Southern fiscal | |
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L. c. subcoronatus in Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden in Roodepoort | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Laniidae |
Genus: | Lanius |
Species: | L. collaris |
Binomial name | |
Lanius collaris Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Subspecies | |
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