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Laniidae (shrike)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Laniidae

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).

Subtaxa
Laniinae, Lanius (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Laniidae Rafinesque
1930Laniidae Hay p. 356
1933Laniidae Lambrecht p. 642
1940Laniidae Wetmore p. 75
1956Laniidae Wetmore p. 95
1959Laniidae Brodkorb
2017Laniidae Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyLaniidaeRafinesque 1815
familyLaniidaeRafinesque 1815

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