What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Brown Shrike been recorded?

Lanius cristatus occurrence evidence comes from 1,369 records in 25 countries and territories, from 1894 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Brown Shrike
Brown Shrike — Photo (display-sized rendition): JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesLaniidaeLanius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,369 records across 25 countries and territories, 1894–2026.

Lanius cristatus · GBIF taxon key 2492846

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: October.

11 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

18942026

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

Where Brown Shrike has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Brown 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
India 452
China 136
Philippines 136
South Korea 123
Sweden 123
Russia 94
Taiwan 77
Mongolia 52
Thailand 50
Malaysia 25
Hong Kong 19
Bangladesh 12
Japan 11
Sri Lanka 11
Singapore 11
Indonesia 7
Belgium 6
Laos 6
Myanmar 6
Kenya 5
Nepal 2
Vietnam 2
France 1
Italy 1
United States 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.