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Laniidae

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Laniidae

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Also known as shrike

Shrikes () are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of 34 species in two genera.

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Laniidae is a family of birds within the class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. It belongs to the order Passeriformes and the superfamily Corvoidea. The taxon was described by Swainson in 1824 and is recognized as an accepted family under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Common names for the group include varslerfamilien.

Records of Laniidae are held by institutions including UCM, TTU, USNM, and MLBS. Specimens have been documented in the United States and the Philippines. The group appears in the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary. It is also featured in the Commons category and gallery Laniidae.

Scientific databases list 6,973,055 occurrences and 13 records with one associated media item. The taxon is referenced by 723 other encyclopedia articles and is included in the Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4 focus list.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Laniidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyLaniidae
Observations recorded6,973,055

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
13
With media
1
Family
Laniidae
Collections
UCM, TTU, USNM, MLBS
Recorded in
United States, Philippines
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Distribution, migration, and habitat
  • Description
  • Behaviour
  • Breeding
  • Species in taxonomic order
  • In popular culture
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Shrikes () are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of 34 species in two genera.

The family name, and that of the larger genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as butcherbirds because of the habit, particularly of males, of impaling prey onto plant spines within their territories. These larders have multiple functions, attracting females and serving as food stores.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laniidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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