🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Gray-backed Shrike live?

Lanius tephronotus has 53,874 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1869 to 2026. Most records come from India.

AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesLaniidaeLanius

When it is recorded

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Peak month: December. 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
India 24,490
Nepal 8,441
China 6,916
Bhutan 6,341
Thailand 5,652
Bangladesh 635
Myanmar 631
Vietnam 349
Laos 267
Hong Kong 141
South Korea 7
Taiwan 2
Malaysia 1
Uganda 1

Related animals

Others in the family Laniidae.

Red-backed Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
1,289,841 records
Great Gray Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
792,429 records
Brown Shrike
Brown Shrike
538,967 records
Long-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
509,020 records
Southern Fiscal
Southern Fiscal
455,476 records
Woodchat Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
331,194 records
Magpie Shrike
Magpie Shrike
105,860 records
Lesser Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
105,702 records
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.