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Lanius ludovicianus  Linnaeus, 1766
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178515

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Pie-grièche migratrice [French]
  
    picanço-americano [Portuguese]
  
    Alcaudón americano [Spanish]
  
    Alcaudón verdugo [Spanish]
  
    Loggerhead Shrike [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyLaniidae Rafinesque, 1815 – shrikes  
                               GenusLanius Linnaeus, 1758 – Shrikes  
                                  SpeciesLanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766 – Pie-grièche migratrice, picanço-americano, Alcaudón americano, Alcaudón verdugo, Loggerhead Shrike  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesLanius ludovicianus anthonyi Mearns, 1898  
                                     SubspeciesLanius ludovicianus excubitorides Swainson, 1832  
                                     SubspeciesLanius ludovicianus grinnelli Oberholser, 1919  
                                     SubspeciesLanius ludovicianus ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766  
                                     SubspeciesLanius ludovicianus mearnsi Ridgway, 1903 – San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike 
                                     SubspeciesLanius ludovicianus mexicanus C. L. Brehm, 1854  
                                     SubspeciesLanius ludovicianus migrans W. Palmer, 1898 – Migrant loggerhead shrike 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Lanius ludovicianus    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Lanius ludovicianus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Loggerhead Shrike[English]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Lanius ludovicianus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lanius ludovicianus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lanius ludovicianus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Linné, Carl von   
  Publication Date: 1766   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 12th Edition, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 532   
  Publisher: Laurentii Salvii   
  Publication Place: Holmiae (Stockholm, Sweden)   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946197   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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