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ShrublandCup nestSmall · 50 g
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This is a fairly distinctive 21 cm (8.3 in)-long passerine with white underparts and a black crown, hindneck and wings. The back is grey with a characteristic white 'V' and the rump is white. The tail is relatively long and black with white outer feathers. There is a small white patch on the wings. The bill, eyes and legs are black. The adult male and female Taita fiscal have similar plumage except for a rufous lower flank of the female which is usually hidden by the wing. The juvenile is mainly brown–black above, with barring on the head and buff tips to the shoulder feathers.
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When to see the Taita 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 Taita Fiscal
The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in South Sudan.
About the Taita Fiscal
The Taita fiscal or Teita fiscal is a member of the shrike family found in east Africa from southeastern South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, and western Somalia to northeastern Tanzania. Its habitat is dry open thornbush and acacia and other dry open woodland.
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Easily confused with
Mackinnon's ShrikeLanius mackinnoniMackinnon's shrike grows to a length of about 20 cm (8 in).
Chinese Grey ShrikeLanius sphenocercusThe Chinese grey shrike is a species of bird in the family Laniidae.
Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinusIt is a fairly small, stocky shrike, 17–19 cm long.
Side by side: Long-tailed Fiscal vs Taita Fiscal · Taita Fiscal vs Tiger Shrike · Mackinnon's Shrike vs Taita Fiscal
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