Southern Fiscal
Lanius collaris
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The southern fiscal or fiscal shrike 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. Together they were known as the common fiscal.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae
- Genus
- Lanius