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title: "Eurocephalus rueppelli"
description: "Eurocephalus ruppelli — Uccelli. The northern white-crowned shrike or white-rumped shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli), is a shrike found in dry thornbush, semi-desert, and open acacia woodland in east Africa from south eastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia to Tanzania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-rumped-shrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurocephalus rueppelli

> Eurocephalus ruppelli — Uccelli. The northern white-crowned shrike or white-rumped shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli), is a shrike found in dry thornbush, semi-desert, and open acacia woodland in east Africa from south eastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia to Tanzania.

- Scientific name: *Eurocephalus ruppelli*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1567
- Wikidata: [Q2733011](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2733011)
- iNaturalist taxon: [558513](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558513)

## Names

- en: White-rumped Shrike
- de: Rüppellwürger
- es: Alcaudón Culiblanco
- fr: Eurocéphale de Rüppell
- it: Eurocephalus rueppelli
- nl: Rüppells witkruinklauwier
- pl: Białoczub białorzytny

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (889), KE (512), ET (60), UG (21), SO (4)

## Summary

The northern white-crowned shrike or white-rumped shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli), is a shrike found in dry thornbush, semi-desert, and open acacia woodland in east Africa from south eastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia to Tanzania. Its binomial name commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Eduard Rüppell.

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

## Photo

![Eurocephalus rueppelli](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-rumped-shrike/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/365262249

## Machine access

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