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title: "Grey-backed Fiscal"
description: "Lanius excubitoroides — Uccelli. The grey-backed fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides) is a species of bird in the family Laniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/grey-backed-fiscal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grey-backed Fiscal

> Lanius excubitoroides — Uccelli. The grey-backed fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides) is a species of bird in the family Laniidae.

- Scientific name: *Lanius excubitoroides*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1486
- Wikidata: [Q1087308](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1087308)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12050](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12050)

## Names

- en: Grey-backed Fiscal
- de: Graumantelwürger
- es: Alcaudón Dorsigrís
- fr: Pie-grièche à dos gris
- nl: Grijsrugklapekster
- pl: Dzierzba srokoszowata

## Countries with the most observations

KE (510), TZ (333), UG (294), RW (142), ET (79), BI (13), NG (8), SS (8), TD (6)

## Summary

The grey-backed fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides) is a species of bird in the family Laniidae.
It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Allan Harris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/324364819

## Machine access

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