great grey shrike, northern grey shrike (Lanius excubitor)

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Subject:	great grey shrike, northern grey shrike (Lanius excubitor)
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Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Description
Collyrio excubitor
Date 1790-1796
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Martinet, Histoire des oiseaux, peints dans tous leurs aspects, pl. 59
Old Latin name Collyrio excubitor
New Latin name Lanius excubitor
Common name Nederlands: Klapekster
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collyrio_excubitor_-_1790-1796_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16600385.tif

The great grey shrike, northern grey shrike, or northern shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae).

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