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Where does the Lesser Gray Shrike live?

Lanius minor has 105,702 records in 110 countries and territories, from 1836 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Lesser Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike — Derek Keats / CC BY 2.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesLaniidaeLanius

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 27,882
Türkiye 7,242
Namibia 6,409
Sweden 5,821
Greece 5,331
Israel 4,495
Bulgaria 4,457
Georgia 4,177
Ukraine 3,828
Hungary 3,320
Netherlands 2,997
Russia 2,421
Romania 2,403
Botswana 2,151
France 2,052
Kenya 1,373
Kazakhstan 1,241
Cyprus 1,106
Kuwait 1,102
United Arab Emirates 1,087
Armenia 958
Iran 949
United Kingdom 793
Zimbabwe 782
Zambia 738
Tanzania 730
Norway 701
Azerbaijan 676
Spain 657
Croatia 483
Saudi Arabia 461
Italy 440
Serbia 430
Kyrgyzstan 416
Denmark 396
Uganda 394
Finland 321
DR Congo 307
North Macedonia 270
Germany 222

Showing the top 40 of 110 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.