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When to see the Somali Fiscal
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Somali Fiscal
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Somali Fiscal
The Somali fiscal is a species of bird in the family Laniidae. Other common names include the Karoli fiscal, the Somali fiscal shrike and the Somali shrike. 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.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Easily confused with
Souza's ShrikeLanius souzaeSouza's shrike is a small shrike with a pale grey back which fades into a browner, black barred, lower back and rump.
Mountain ShrikeLanius validirostrisThe mountain shrike or grey-capped shrike, is a species of bird in the family Laniidae.
Giant Grey ShrikeLanius giganteusThe giant grey shrike is a species of bird in the family Laniidae.
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