Long-tailed Fiscal
Photo: Gary M. Stolz · Public domain

Shrikes

Long-tailed Fiscal

Lanius cabanisi

LCLeast Concern
Family
Shrikes (Laniidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The long-tailed fiscal (Lanius cabanisi) is a species of bird in the shrike family Laniidae. The species is closely related to the more widespread grey-backed fiscal and is sometimes placed in a separate subgenus, Neolanius, with that species. It is found in southern Somalia, southern and south-eastern Kenya, from the shores of Lake Victoria to the coast; and northern and eastern Tanzania south to Dar es Salaam, with a separate population at Usanga Flats.
Its natural habitat is open dry habitats such as dry, treeless savanna, open woodland and cultivated patches.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Dry thornscrub of southern Somalia to Kenya and northeastern Tanzania.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.