page_title: List of birds of Namibia
section_title: Shrikes
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Namibia / Shrikes
caption_attribution_description: Southern White-crowned Shrike (Eurocephalus anguitimens), Namibia
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Namibia. The avifauna of Namibia included a total of 699 confirmed species as of May 2020, of which one is endemic, 83 are rare or vagrants, and four have been introduced by humans. One additional species is hypothetical as defined below. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of iGoTerra.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. Differences in common and scientific names between the Clements taxonomy and that of the NBRC are frequent but are seldom noted here.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories of occurrence.
  (V) Vagrant - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Namibia
  Endemic - a species endemic to Namibia
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Namibia as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions, and which has a self-sustaining population
  Hypothetical - a species possibly present but which has not been documented
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Laniidae
  Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A shrike's beak is hooked, like that of a typical bird of prey.
  Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio
  Lesser gray shrike, Lanius minor
  Southern fiscal, Lanius collaris
  Souza's shrike, Lanius souzae
  Magpie shrike, Corvinella melanoleuca
  White-crowned shrike, Eurocephalus anguitimens
caption: White-crowned shrike
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