Somali fiscal

Somali fiscal
Specimen at Nairobi National Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Laniidae
Genus: Lanius
Species:
L. somalicus
Binomial name
Lanius somalicus
Somali Fiscal

The Somali fiscal (Lanius somalicus) is a species of bird in the family Laniidae. Other common names include the Karoli fiscal, the Somali fiscal shrike and the Somali shrike.[2] The bird is found in Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia in the Horn of Africa, as well as in Kenya in the African Great Lakes region. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[1]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Lanius somalicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22705066A93999126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22705066A93999126.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lepage, Dennis. "Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus) Hartlaub, 1859". Avibase. Retrieved 2014-05-30.