Family: Laniidae (Shrikes)
Authority: Linnaeus, 1758
Red List Category
This species has been declining for many decades and continues to face considerable threats due to habitat degradation from agricultural intensification and afforestation, fires, long-term climatic factors and potentially hunting. Monitoring of the European population estimates the recent rate of this reduction at around 25% over 10 years, a rate that approaches the threatened threshold. With the majority of the global population breeding in Europe, it is inferred that this moderately rapid rate of decline is affecting the whole population. As such, Woodchat Shrike is assessed as Near Threatened.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/woodchat-shrike-lanius-senator on 14/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 14/12/2024.