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Giant grey shrike
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Laniidae
Genus:	Lanius
Species:	L. giganteus
Binomial name
Lanius giganteus Przewalski, 1887
Native range in dark yellow and dark orange, rest of range belongs to L. sphenocercus

The giant grey shrike (Lanius giganteus) is a species of bird in the family Laniidae. It is found in China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Lanius giganteus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
2. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.

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• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Lanius
• Birds of Central China
• Endemic birds of China
• Birds described in 1887
• Taxa named by Nikolay Przhevalsky
• Corvoidea stubs