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Gray-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
(L 10")
Masai Mara
22Oct2014
A large shrike...widespread in dry
savanna and subtropical or tropical dry
lowlands of north Sub-Saharan Africa.
savanna and subtropical or tropical dry
lowlands of north Sub-Saharan Africa.
Praises for our past
triumphs are as feathers
to a dead bird.
triumphs are as feathers
to a dead bird.
(Paul Eldridge)
Lanius in Latin means butcher;
excubitoroides is Greek/Latin
for sentinel-resembling.
excubitoroides is Greek/Latin
for sentinel-resembling.
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