Mountain shrike

Mountain shrike
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Laniidae
Genus: Lanius
Species: L. validirostris
Binomial name
Lanius validirostris
Ogilvie-Grant, 1894

The mountain shrike (Lanius validirostris) is a species of bird in the Laniidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.[2]

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