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Northern Shrike
Lanius borealis
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Great Gray ShrikeLanius excubitor
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Gray ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
Pied ButcherbirdCracticus nigrogularis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 340,938 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 281,236 |
| Quebec | 60,707 |
| British Columbia | 47,026 |
| New York | 37,931 |
| Michigan | 36,684 |
| Washington | 33,268 |
| Wisconsin | 23,822 |
| Colorado | 18,326 |
| Idaho | 14,433 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Vertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating vertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Shrikes · Laniidae |
| Genus | Typical Shrikes · Lanius |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Northern Shrike with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.