Kingdom Animalia (Animals) ➔ Phylum Chordata (Chordates) ➔ Class Aves (Birds) ➔ Order Passeriformes (Passerines (perching birds or songbirds)) ➔ Family Laniidae (Shrikes)

 Lanius meridionalis Temminck, 1820

Südlicher Raubwürger  Southern Grey Shrike


Annotation:
Lanius meridionalis is divided into different subspecies. The subspecies Lanius meridionalis koenigi Hartert, 1901 occurs in the Canary Islands.
References:
  1. Tilman E. Klassert, M. Ángeles Hernández, Francisco Campos, Octavio Infante, Teresa Almeida, Nicolás M. Suárez, José Pestano, Mariano Hernández: Mitochondrial DNA points to Lanius meridionalis as a polyphyletic species, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47 (2008) 1227–1231.