Lesser Grey Shrike
Lanius minor
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The lesser grey shrike is a passerine bird in the shrike family Laniidae. It breeds in South and Central Europe and western Asia and migrates to winter quarters in southern Africa in the early autumn, returning in spring. It is a scarce vagrant to western Europe, including Great Britain, usually as a spring or autumn erratic.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae
- Genus
- Lanius