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Where does the Woodchat Shrike live?

Lanius senator has 331,194 records in 107 countries and territories, from 1830 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.

Woodchat Shrike
Woodchat Shrike — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesLaniidaeLanius

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. 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
Spain 159,778
France 37,220
Portugal 32,295
Israel 19,662
Greece 14,883
Türkiye 8,586
Morocco 8,163
Netherlands 7,506
Bulgaria 4,652
Sweden 4,126
Senegal 2,532
Italy 2,354
Cyprus 2,304
United Arab Emirates 2,049
United Kingdom 2,032
Kuwait 1,853
Georgia 1,755
Palestine 1,605
Gambia 1,468
Croatia 1,411
Denmark 933
Jordan 872
Norway 773
Egypt 765
Belgium 749
Algeria 682
Saudi Arabia 644
Ethiopia 638
Albania 509
Tunisia 468
Russia 451
Iran 424
Uganda 420
North Macedonia 418
Germany 386
Armenia 351
Iraq 318
Mauritania 318
Nigeria 283
Azerbaijan 275

Showing the top 40 of 107 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.