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Great grey shrike pearched in dry tree Great grey shrike - Lanius excubitor<br /> Another bird with status Critically endangered in Bulgaria!<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/33352/bullet_flight_great_grey_shrike.html" title="Bullet flight Great grey shrike"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1332/33352_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=0WuouePP1yk3edffrWcepOWsBCM%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Bullet flight Great grey shrike Great grey shrike - Lanius excubitor<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/33351/great_grey_shrike_pearched_in_dry_tree.html Animal,Animalia,Aves,Bird,Bulgaria,Chordata,Fall,Geotagged,Great grey shrike,Laniidae,Lanius excubitor,Nature,Passeriformes,Passerine,Wildlife" /></a></figure> Animal,Animalia,Aves,Bird,Bulgaria,Chordata,Fall,Geotagged,Great grey shrike,Laniidae,Lanius excubitor,Nature,Passeriformes,Passerine,Wildlife Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Great grey shrike pearched in dry tree

Great grey shrike - Lanius excubitor
Another bird with status Critically endangered in Bulgaria!

Bullet flight Great grey shrike Great grey shrike - Lanius excubitor<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/33351/great_grey_shrike_pearched_in_dry_tree.html Animal,Animalia,Aves,Bird,Bulgaria,Chordata,Fall,Geotagged,Great grey shrike,Laniidae,Lanius excubitor,Nature,Passeriformes,Passerine,Wildlife

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    What a wonderful species intro, Jivko! Do you know why they are endangered? Posted 9 years ago
    1. View Jivko Nakev's profile
      Jivko Nakev
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      It is rare in Bulgaria, protected by law. This is the brief info in the Bulgarian Wiki. Included in the Red Book of Bulgaria as CR (Critically endangered). Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
  3. View Ant Marriott's profile
    Ant Marriott
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    Great shot Posted 9 years ago

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The Great grey shrike

The great grey shrike, northern grey shrike, or northern shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric southern relatives, the southern grey shrike (L. meridionalis), the Chinese grey shrike (L. sphenocerus) and the loggerhead shrike (L. ludovicianus).

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Nov 2, 2015. Captured Nov 1, 2015 08:17 in 8103, Golemo Malovo, Bulgaria.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/6.3
  • 1/2500s
  • ISO320
  • 400mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.