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title: "Dzierzba wschodnia"
description: "Lanius bucephalus — Ptaki. The bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the shrike family Laniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/bull-headed-shrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dzierzba wschodnia

> Lanius bucephalus — Ptaki. The bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the shrike family Laniidae.

- Scientific name: *Lanius bucephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6932
- Wikidata: [Q804145](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q804145)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12051](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12051)

## Names

- en: Bull-headed Shrike
- de: Büffelkopfwürger
- es: Alcaudón Bucéfalo
- fr: Pie-grièche bucéphale
- nl: Buffelkopklauwier
- pl: Dzierzba wschodnia

## Countries with the most observations

JP (2634), KR (1157), CN (182), RU (106), HK (57), TW (28), VN (9)

## Summary

The bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the shrike family Laniidae.
It is 19–20 cm (approx. 7.48-7.9 inches) long. The male has a brown crown, white eyebrow and black mask. The back is grey-brown while the wings are dark with a white patch. The flanks are rufous and the rest of the underparts are whitish with fine barring. Females are similar but duller and browner with a brown mask and no white wing-patch. The species has harsh grating and chattering calls and will also mimic other birds.
It breeds in north-east China, Korea, Japan and far-eastern Russia (Ussuriland…

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

## Photo

![Dzierzba wschodnia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bull-headed-shrike/medium.jpg)

Photo: renshuchu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198769690

## Machine access

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