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Long-tailed Fiscal

Lanius cabanisi

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandCup nestMedium · 74 g
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi), photo 1
Photo: Irene · CC0
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi), photo 2
Photo: Irene · CC0
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi), photo 3
Photo: Hobbyfotowiki · CC0
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi), photo 4
Photo: Jorge Láscar · CC BY 2.0
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi), photo 5
Photo: Jorge Láscar from Australia · CC BY 2.0
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi), photo 6
Photo: Gary M. Stolz · Public domain
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi), photo 7
Photo: Becky Matsubara from El Sobrante, California · CC BY 2.0
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi), photo 8
Photo: Becky Matsubara from El Sobrante, California · CC BY 2.0
Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi), photo 9
Photo: Department of the Interior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. National Conservation Training Center. 10/1997-8888 · Public domain

What the Long-tailed Fiscal sounds like

Sonogram of the Long-tailed Fiscal: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Frank shirima · Call · Kudu Hills,Mererani, Simanjiro, Manyara Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Like many shrike species the appearance of the adults is similar between the sexes but strikingly different in juvenile birds. Adult birds are between 26 and 30 cm (10–12 in) in length and weigh between 69 and 80 g (2.4–2.8 oz) (with males averaging slightly heavier). They are large and robust with, as the name suggests, very long graduated tails and typical strong heavy bills. Moreover, L. cabanisi is more compact, and has less slim feet than L. collaris.

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When to see the Long-tailed Fiscal

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Long-tailed Fiscal

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Kenya Tanzania Somalia

About the Long-tailed Fiscal

The long-tailed fiscal is a species of bird in the shrike family Laniidae. The species is closely related to the more widespread grey-backed fiscal and is sometimes placed in a separate subgenus, Neolanius, with that species. It is found in southern Somalia, southern and south-eastern Kenya, from the shores of Lake Victoria to the coast; and northern and eastern Tanzania south to Dar es Salaam, with a separate population at Usanga Flats. Its natural habitat is open dry habitats such as dry, treeless savanna, open woodland and cultivated patches.

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Easily confused with

Burmese Shrike (Lanius collurioides) Burmese ShrikeLanius collurioidesThe Burmese shrike is a species of bird in the family Laniidae. Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus) Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinusIt is a fairly small, stocky shrike, 17–19 cm long. Taita Fiscal (Lanius dorsalis) Taita FiscalLanius dorsalisThis is a fairly distinctive 21 cm (8.3 in)-long passerine with white underparts and a black crown, hindneck and wings.

Side by side: Grey-backed Fiscal vs Long-tailed Fiscal · Long-tailed Fiscal vs Red-tailed Shrike · Long-tailed Fiscal vs Yellow-billed Shrike · Long-tailed Fiscal vs Tiger Shrike · Long-tailed Fiscal vs Taita Fiscal

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