Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach Linnaeus, 1758

Long-tailed Shrike, Lanius schach, is a passerine in the shrike family Laniidae. It occurs across the Palearctic, Oriental Region and Australasia, where it is widespread, and it also breeds in the Lesser Sundas and eastern New Guinea. Linnaeus described it in 1758.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Laniidae — Shrikes

Breeding range

Palearctic, Oriental Region, Australasia: widespread, also Lesser Sundas and e New Guinea