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Grey-backed Fiscal

Lanius excubitoroides

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

A quite common black and white bird, the grey-backed fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides) is a species of bird in the Laniidae family. This is a large shrike found in wooded grassland, gardens and damp acacia scrub.

Habitat:

open savanna grasslands of QENP

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Grey-backed fiscal

Species ID Suggestions

Grey-backed Fiscal

Lanius excubitoroides

Reference Link
JoshuaGSmith
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Comments (3)
pamsai
thank you Joshua for the nice comment and the ID!

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PublishedSeptember 14, 2014

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