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title: "Gąsiorek"
description: "Lanius collurio — Ptaki. The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family, Laniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/red-backed-shrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gąsiorek

> Lanius collurio — Ptaki. The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family, Laniidae.

- Scientific name: *Lanius collurio*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 54653
- Wikidata: [Q26671](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26671)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12038](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12038)

## Names

- en: Red-backed Shrike
- de: Neuntöter
- es: Alcaudón dorsirrojo
- fr: Pie-grièche écorcheur
- nl: Grauwe klauwier
- pt: Picanço-de-dorso-ruivo
- pl: Gąsiorek

## Countries with the most observations

RU (16846), DE (6240), IT (2982), FR (2865), UA (2816), AT (1663), ZA (1454), PL (1443), RO (1394), CZ (1274), ES (1149), TR (760)

## Summary

The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family, Laniidae. Its breeding range stretches from Western Europe east to central Russia. It is migratory and winters in the eastern areas of tropical Africa and southern Africa.

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

## Photo

![Gąsiorek](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-backed-shrike/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63582146

## Machine access

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