#0932 · 🐦 birds
Red-tailed Shrike
🇳🇱 Turkestaanse Klauwier ·Lanius phoenicuroides
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what is it?
The red-tailed shrike ( Lanius phoenicuroides ) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was formerly considered conspecific with the isabelline shrike and the red-backed shrike.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 4 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,348 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Herman Schalow in 1875 (151 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Nederlands
- Turkestaanse Klauwier
- scientific name
- Lanius phoenicuroides
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Laniidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 4
- sightings in Europe
- 54
- sightings worldwide
- 1,348
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,377
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1875 by Herman Schalow
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Laniidae
#0686 📷 9Red-backed Shrike
🇳🇱 Grauwe Klauwier
Lanius collurio
LC 👀 191 in NL
#0718 📷 10Great Gray Shrike
🇳🇱 Klapekster
Lanius excubitor
LC 👀 118 in NL
#0811 📷 10Woodchat Shrike
🇳🇱 Roodkopklauwier
Lanius senator
NT 👀 20 in NL
#0863 📷 10Lesser Grey Shrike
🇳🇱 Kleine Klapekster
Lanius minor
LC 👀 9 in NL
#0898 📷 8Brown Shrike
🇳🇱 Bruine Klauwier
Lanius cristatus
LC 👀 5 in NL
#0946 📷 7Isabelline Shrike
🇳🇱 Daurische Klauwier
Lanius isabellinus
LC 👀 3 in NL
#1313 📷 10Loggerhead Shrike
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Klapekster
Lanius ludovicianus
NT 🌍 47k seen
#1115 📷 10Long-tailed Shrike
🇳🇱 Langstaartklauwier
Lanius schach
LC 🌍 18.3k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 339680, Wikidata Q15055407, GBIF 4408670, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.