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title: "Long-tailed Fiscal"
description: "Lanius cabanisi — Uccelli. The long-tailed fiscal (Lanius cabanisi) is a species of bird in the shrike family Laniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/long-tailed-fiscal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-tailed Fiscal

> Lanius cabanisi — Uccelli. The long-tailed fiscal (Lanius cabanisi) is a species of bird in the shrike family Laniidae.

- Scientific name: *Lanius cabanisi*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 828
- Wikidata: [Q1193338](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193338)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12048](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12048)

## Names

- en: Long-tailed Fiscal
- de: Langschwanzwürger
- es: Alcaudón colilargo
- fr: Pie-grièche à longue queue
- nl: Cabanis' klapekster
- pl: Dzierzba sawannowa

## Countries with the most observations

KE (451), TZ (311)

## Summary

The long-tailed fiscal (Lanius cabanisi) is a species of bird in the shrike family Laniidae. The species is closely related to the more widespread grey-backed fiscal and is sometimes placed in a separate subgenus, Neolanius, with that species. It is found in southern Somalia, southern and south-eastern Kenya, from the shores of Lake Victoria to the coast; and northern and eastern Tanzania south to Dar es Salaam, with a separate population at Usanga Flats.
Its natural habitat is open dry habitats such as dry, treeless savanna, open woodland and cultivated patches.
This conspicuous fiscal can often be seen in small…

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

## Photo

![Long-tailed Fiscal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-tailed-fiscal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marian Read · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329162637

## Machine access

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