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Taita fiscal

Lanius dorsalis Cabanis, 1878

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The taita fiscal (Lanius dorsalis) is a species in the family Laniidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 49.9 g to 56.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Taita fiscal (Lanius dorsalis)
Photo: Jan Ebr · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the taita fiscal

Weight
49.9 g – 56.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the taita fiscal live?

Not recorded

What is the taita fiscal?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Taita fiscal or Teita fiscal (Lanius dorsalis) is a member of the shrike family found in east Africa from southeastern South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, and western Somalia to northeastern Tanzania. Its habitat is dry open thornbush and acacia and other dry open woodland.

From the Wikipedia article “Taita fiscal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taita_fiscal&oldid=1379258249), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the taita fiscal endangered?

The taita fiscal is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the taita fiscal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyLaniidae
  6. genusLanius
  7. SpeciesLanius dorsalis Cabanis, 1878
Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • TAFIEnglish
  • Taita fiscal shrikeEnglish
  • Teita fiscalEnglish
  • Teita fiscalEnglish
  • botxí dels monts TaitaCatalan
  • ťuhýk východoafrickýCzech
  • cigydd brith TaitaWelsh
  • Taita TornskadeDanish
  • TaitawürgerGerman
  • Teita-WürgerGerman
  • taita lanioEsperanto
  • Alcaudón de los TaitaSpanish
  • keenia õgijaEstonian
  • okalepinkäinenFinnish
  • Pie-grièche du TaitaFrench
  • Pie-grièche des TeitaFrench
  • crnoglavi svračakCroatian
  • Taita-gébicsHungarian
  • Fiscal delle TaitaItalian
  • ズグロオナガモズJapanese
  • keršoji medšarkėLithuanian
  • TaitaklauwierDutch
  • savannevarslerNorwegian
  • dzierzba żałobnaPolish
  • picanço-do-quéniaPortuguese
  • picanço-do-quêniaPortuguese
  • picanço-dos-taitaPortuguese
  • Пегий сорокопутRussian
  • Тайтасский фискалRussian
  • strakoš savanovýSlovak
  • Fiskal svračak sa planine TaitaSerbian
  • taitatörnskataSwedish
  • Taita FiskalıTurkish
  • сорокопуд ефіопськийUkrainian
  • 泰塔伯勞Chinese
  • 肯尼亚伯劳Chinese

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Relatives of the taita fiscal

Other species in the same genus Lanius.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the taita fiscal?

An adult taita fiscal weighs 49.9 g – 56.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the taita fiscal endangered?

The taita fiscal is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the taita fiscal?

The taita fiscal (Lanius dorsalis) belongs to the family Laniidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Taita fiscal (Lanius dorsalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/taita-fiscal

MLA

“Taita fiscal (Lanius dorsalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/taita-fiscal.

BibTeX
@misc{taita_fiscal_2026,
  title = {Taita fiscal (Lanius dorsalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/taita-fiscal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}