| Southern fiscal | |
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| L. c. subcoronatus in Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden in Roodepoort | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Laniidae |
| Genus: | Lanius |
| Species: | L. collaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Lanius collaris Linnaeus, 1766
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The southern fiscal or fiscal shrike (Lanius collaris) 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 (Lanius humeralis).[2] Together they were known as the common fiscal.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lanius collaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22730635A93999564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22730635A93999564.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Bowie, Rauri; Crowe, Tim; Voelker, Gary. "Systematics and Biogeography, Comparative phylogeography of southern African birds" (PDF). Annual Report January – December 2009, Research Programmes & Initiatives. Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town. Retrieved 24 August 2016.