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1099:L. vittatus
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1018:L. tigrinus
385:Description
368:Old English
230:L. collurio
38:Adult male
1763:Categories
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1270:L. senator
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1027:L. souzae
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364:*schryke
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297:Taxonomy
281:east to
275:Laniidae
273:family,
208:Linnaeus
159:Laniidae
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129:Chordata
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1471:BOLD
1450:8969
976:Aves
738:2021
731:RSPB
660:ISBN
615:2021
598:2017
559:MHNT
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471:RSPB
465:and
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