Magpie Shrike

Magpie Shrike
Ar feeder in Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Laniidae
Genus:	Urolestes Cabanis, 1850
Species:	U. melanoleucus
Binomial name
Urolestes melanoleucus (Jardine, 1831)
Synonyms
Corvinella melanoleuca

Two shrikes in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

The Magpie Shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus), also known as the African Long-tailed Shrike, is a species of bird in the Laniidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Urolestes.^{[citation needed]} It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

• BirdLife International (2009). "Urolestes melanoleucus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/146438. Retrieved 2010-10-03. 
• Magpie Shrike at tanzaniabirds.net

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