#0811 · 🐦 birds

Woodchat Shrike

🇳🇱 Roodkopklauwier ·Lanius senator

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © naturpel · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Blake Matheson · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ximo Galarza · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Mishanook · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ximo Galarza · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Juan Emilio · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Agustín Povedano · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0
9. © Илья Сухов · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Isidro Vila Verde · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The woodchat shrike ( Lanius senator ) is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. The genus name, Lanius , is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The specific senator is Latin for "senator", so-named because its chestnut cap recalled the colour of the stripe on the toga of a Roman senator. The common name "Woodchat" is an Anglicisation of German waldkatze , literally "woodcat",...

base stats

NL sightings 20iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,022iNaturalist observations
weight 3.4 gadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

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).