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Laniidae (shrike)
Taxonomy
Laniidae was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant. Its type is Lanius.
It was assigned to Fringilloidae by Hay (1930); to Oscines by Lambrecht (1933); to Passeres by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); and to Passeriformes by Brodkorb (1959) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Fringilloidae by Hay (1930); to Oscines by Lambrecht (1933); to Passeres by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); and to Passeriformes by Brodkorb (1959) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Laniidae Rafinesque 1815 [shrike]
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G. Lanius Linnaeus 1758 [shrike]
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†Lanius collurio Linnaeus 1758
Lanius cristatus Linnaeus 1758 [brown shrike]
Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus 1766 [loggerhead shrike]
†Lanius minor Gmelin 1788
†Lanius miocaenus Milne-Edwards 1871
Lanius senator Linnaeus 1758 [woodchat shrike]
Invalid names: Laniinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available