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title: "Grey-backed Shrike"
description: "Lanius tephronotus — Birds. The grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus) is a bird in the family Laniidae inhabiting South-east Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/grey-backed-shrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grey-backed Shrike

> Lanius tephronotus — Birds. The grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus) is a bird in the family Laniidae inhabiting South-east Asia.

- Scientific name: *Lanius tephronotus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1761
- Wikidata: [Q955741](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955741)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12037](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12037)

## Names

- en: Grey-backed Shrike
- de: Tibetwürger
- es: Alcaudón Tibetano
- fr: Pie-grièche du Tibet
- nl: Himalayaklauwier
- pl: Dzierzba szarogrzbieta

## Countries with the most observations

IN (452), CN (320), NP (234), TH (184), BT (95), HK (25), MM (25), BD (17), VN (5)

## Summary

The grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus) is a bird in the family Laniidae inhabiting South-east Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-backed_shrike

## Photo

![Grey-backed Shrike](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-backed-shrike/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andy Wilson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146079308

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grey-backed-shrike?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).