Lanio
Genus of birds
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Lanio is the genus of shrike-tanagers in the family Thraupidae.
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| Lanio | |
|---|---|
| |
| White-throated shrike-tanager, Lanio leucothorax | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Lanio Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Tangara fulva Boddaert, 1783 | |
| Species | |
|
Lanio aurantius | |
The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the fulvous shrike-tanager (Lanio fulvus) as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is derived from the shrike genus Lanius that was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.[3]
Species list
The genus contains four species:[4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulvous shrike-tanager
|
Lanio fulvus (Boddaert, 1783) |
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| White-winged shrike-tanager
|
Lanio versicolor (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) |
Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Black-throated shrike-tanager
|
Lanio aurantius Lafresnaye, 1846 |
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| White-throated shrike-tanager
|
Lanio leucothorax Salvin, 1865 |
Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
|
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