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Common Name

Southern Fiscal

Alternate Names

Common Fiscal, Fiscal Shrike

Common Type

Fiscal

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Laniidae

Genus

Lanius

Species

collaris

Conservation Status

Least Conconer

Location Photographed

Angola,

Number of Sub-Species

Five Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Wide range of habitats from grassland to acacia thornveld and woodlands but avoids dense habitats.

Distribution and Range

Widespread throughout Sub Sahara Africa

Food

Hunts insects and rodents from an exposed perch or the tops of shrubs.

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Field Notes:

Territory size is directly related to the density of hunting perches. Installing more artificial perches causes the fiscal to reduce its territory size and allow more birds in the affected range.

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