| Northern fiscal | |
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| Adult male L. h. humeralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Laniidae |
| Genus: | Lanius |
| Species: | L. humeralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lanius humeralis Stanley, 1814
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| Subspecies | |
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3, see text | |
The northern fiscal (Lanius humeralis) is a member of the shrike family found through most of Sub-Saharan Africa. It used to be grouped with the southern fiscal (Lanius collaris). Together they were called the common fiscal. The fiscal gets its English and Afrikaans common names from its black and white 'suit-and-tie' appearance reminiscent of the taxman (‘fiscal’).[1]
- ^ "Fiscal Flycatcher". South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 5 September 2022.