What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Bull-headed Shrike been recorded?

Lanius bucephalus occurrence evidence comes from 11,030 records in 6 countries and territories, from 1919 to 2026. Most records come from South Korea.

Bull-headed Shrike
Bull-headed Shrike — Photo (display-sized rendition): Alpsdake · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesLaniidaeLanius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

11,030 records across 6 countries and territories, 1919–2026.

Lanius bucephalus · GBIF taxon key 2492850

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: October.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19192026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Bull-headed Shrike has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Bull-headed Shrike. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
South Korea 10,799
Mongolia 130
Japan 93
Russia 5
Hong Kong 2
China 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.