#1313 · 🐦 birds

Loggerhead Shrike

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Klapekster ·Lanius ludovicianus

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The loggerhead shrike ( Lanius ludovicianus ) is a passerine bird. It is the only member of the shrike family endemic to North America; the related northern shrike ( L. borealis ) occurs north of its range but also in the eastern Palearctic. It is nicknamed the butcherbird after its carnivorous tendencies, as it consumes prey such as amphibians, insects, lizards, small mammals and small birds. Due to its small size and weak talons, this predatory bird relies on impaling...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 46,962iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
46,962 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).