---
title: "Dzierzba brązowa"
description: "Lanius cristatus — Ptaki. The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/brown-shrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dzierzba brązowa

> Lanius cristatus — Ptaki. The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia.

- Scientific name: *Lanius cristatus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 15747
- Wikidata: [Q790616](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q790616)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12021](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12021)

## Names

- en: Brown Shrike
- de: Rostschwanzwürger
- es: Alcaudón Pardo
- fr: Pie-grièche brune
- nl: Bruine klauwier
- pt: Picanço-castanho
- pl: Dzierzba brązowa

## Countries with the most observations

TW (3955), IN (2133), TH (1458), RU (1248), CN (1129), PH (1066), SG (754), MY (669), HK (431), LK (389), VN (287), KR (176)

## Summary

The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the red-backed shrike (L. collurio) and isabelline shrike (L. isabellinus). The genus name, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The specific cristatus is Latin for "crested", used in a broader sense than in English. The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call.
Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye…

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

## Photo

![Dzierzba brązowa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-shrike/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217259825

## Machine access

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