great grey shrike, northern grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) the great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor), taken from the German Wikipedia. Originally uploaded by Baldhur and taken from http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/birds/2180_13.htm
Naumann, Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas. 3. Aufl. Neubearb. von G. Berg et al. Hrsg. von Carl R. Hennicke. (Naumann, Natural history of the birds of central Europe, 3rd Ed. Revised by G. Berg et al.; Edited by Carl R. Hennicke.) of 1905 or his earlier works.
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The great grey shrike, northern grey shrike, or northern shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae).
