Diet: carnivore based on Vignoli et al. 2013; insectivore based on Trager and Mistry 2003
Abundance: 0.01 to 5.84% (median 1.12%)
Latitudinal range: -26.2° to 59.7°Habitats: (1), desert/xeric shrubland (5), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (7), temperate savanna (1), temperate wetland (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (4), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)
Found in 21 samples
Austria: Hohenau-Ringelsdorf
Czech Republic: Certak
Egypt: St. Catherine's Monastery (fall), St. Catherine's Monastery (spring), Burullus Ringing Station (Autumn 2005), Ras Shukheir
Greece: Antikythira Island (spring 1998)
Jordan: Azraq Wetland Reserve
Kenya: Ngulia Safari Lodge
Poland: Borsuka Cave (Layer VI)
Romania: Grindul Lupilor
Slovakia: Ruské
South Africa: Tonqani
Sweden: Rickebasta (1996), Tolg, Egeside sjö
Switzerland: Portalban (Wald)
Turkey: Dicle Ringing Station (spring 2004), Lake Kuyucuk Bird Ringing Station
Zambia: Copper Chalice, Kabwe
See also Lanius, Lanius bucephalus, Lanius collaris, Lanius cristatus, Lanius excubitor, Lanius isabellinus, Lanius isabellinus/phoenicuroides, Lanius ludovicianus, Lanius minor, Lanius nubicus, Lanius phoenicuroides, Lanius schach, Lanius senator, Lanius sphenocercus, Lanius tephronotus, Lanius tigrinus, Lanius validirostris