What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Isabelline Shrike been recorded?

Lanius isabellinus occurrence evidence comes from 867 records in 25 countries and territories, from 1897 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Isabelline Shrike
Isabelline Shrike — Photo (display-sized rendition): Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesLaniidaeLanius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

867 records across 25 countries and territories, 1897–2026.

Lanius isabellinus · GBIF taxon key 2492865

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-23. 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.

7 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

18972026

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

Where Isabelline Shrike has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Isabelline 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
Sweden 458
China 115
Belgium 111
Afghanistan 102
Kuwait 18
Kenya 12
Uganda 7
Iran 6
Kazakhstan 5
Russia 5
Mongolia 4
Uzbekistan 4
Spain 3
United Kingdom 3
France 2
Iraq 2
Oman 2
United Arab Emirates 1
Ethiopia 1
Gambia 1
India 1
Italy 1
Qatar 1
Senegal 1
Taiwan 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.