Northern White-crowned Shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli)
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Northern White-crowned Shrike

Eurocephalus ruppelli Bonaparte, 1853

51 gWeight

The northern white-crowned shrike or white-rumped shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli), is a shrike found in dry thornbush, semi-desert, and open acacia woodland in east Africa from south eastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia to Tanzania.

Most records: Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Most records: Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia

Northern White-crowned Shrike has been recorded at 89 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 5 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Tarangire NPTanzania1,140 records
  2. Serengeti NPTanzania758 records
  3. Serengeti NP – SeroneraTanzania469 records
More places
  1. Samburu NRKenya447 records
  2. Tarangire NP – Tarangire Safari LodgeTanzania366 records
  3. Lake Manyara NPTanzania354 records
  4. Buffalo Springs NRKenya327 records
  5. Mpala Ranch and Research CentreKenya281 records
  6. Ngorongoro Conservation Area – NdutuTanzania278 records
  7. Amboseli NPKenya264 records

Countries and regions with the most records

TanzaniaKenyaEthiopiaUgandaSomalia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The northern white-crowned shrike or white-rumped shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli), is a shrike found in dry thornbush, semi-desert, and open acacia woodland in east Africa from south eastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia to Tanzania. Its binomial name commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Eduard Rüppell.

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Questions

How big is the Northern White-crowned Shrike?

The Northern White-crowned Shrike weighs around 51 g.

Where does the Northern White-crowned Shrike live?

Its breeding range: Africa: southeastern South Sudan, central Ethiopia and central Somalia to central Tanzania. It is most often recorded in Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia.

Is the Northern White-crowned Shrike endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Northern White-crowned Shrike as Least Concern.

What does the Northern White-crowned Shrike eat?

Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.

What family is the Northern White-crowned Shrike in?

It belongs to the family Shrikes (Laniidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

At a glance

Weight
51 g
Habitat
Woodland
Diet
Insects & other invertebrates
Lifestyle
Perches in trees
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
Conservation
Least Concern
More measurements
Wing
125 mm
Tail
96 mm
Bill
23 mm
Tarsus
24 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Africa: southeastern South Sudan, central Ethiopia and central Somalia to central Tanzania

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Family
Shrikes Laniidae
Genus
Eurocephalus

Other birds in the genus Eurocephalus

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Northern White-crowned Shrike

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