What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Southern Fiscal been recorded?

Lanius collaris occurrence evidence comes from 748 records in 15 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Southern Fiscal
Southern Fiscal — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesLaniidaeLanius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

748 records across 15 countries and territories, 1860–2026.

Lanius collaris · GBIF taxon key 2492863

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

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.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. 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

18602026

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

Where Southern Fiscal has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Southern Fiscal. 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 Africa 465
Uganda 139
Kenya 41
Namibia 33
Tanzania 21
Angola 15
Zimbabwe 7
Malawi 6
Ethiopia 4
Guinea 4
Mozambique 4
Rwanda 4
Sudan 3
Botswana 1
Zambia 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.