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The woodchat shrike (Lanius senator) belongs to the family Laniidae under the order Passeriformes.
Woodchat shrike taxonomy
The Laniidae is a family of thirty-one species. It is polytypic and contains four genera, viz., Lanius, Eurocephalus, Corvinella and Urolestes.The Laniidae was first described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot, in the year 1815.
The genus Lanius is polytypic and comprises 29 species, including Lanius senator. The genus Lanius was first introduced by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1758.
The species Lanius senator was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the year 1758. The species Lanius senator is polytypic and comprises four subspecies, viz., Lanius senator senator Linnaeus, 1758, Lanius senator rutilans Temminck, 1839, Lanius senator niloticus (Bonaparte, 1853) and Lanius senator badius Hartlaub, 1854.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Lanius senator |
| Species: | L. senator |
| Genus: | Lanius |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Laniidae |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Woodchat shrike - Lanius senator 388 Image by Juan Emilio |
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| 2.Woodchat shrike - Lanius senator Image by Dûrzan cîrano |
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| 3.Woodchat shrike - Lanius senator Image by Dûrzan |
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| 4.Woodchat shrike - Lanius senator Image by Katya |
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| 5.Woodchat shrike - Lanius senator Image by chausinho |
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| 6.Woodchat shrike - Lanius senator Image by Francesco Veronesi |
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| 7.Woodchat shrike - Lanius senator Image by gailhampshire |
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| 8.Lanius senator juvenile Image by Francesco Veronesi |
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| 9.Lanius senator eggs Image by Didier Descouens |
1.Woodchat shrike image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/juan_e/8587246504/ (cropped)
Author: Juan Emilio | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 3/25/18
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lanius_senator-2.jpg (cropped)
Image author: Dûrzan cîrano | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 3/25/18
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sersor.jpg (cropped)
Author: Dûrzan | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 3/25/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/katunchik/14109207521/ (cropped)
Author: Katya | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 3/25/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chausinho/2427010881/in/set-72157600950852011/ (cropped)
Author: chausinho | License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 as on 3/25/18
6.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodchat_Shrike_-_Estremadura_-_Spain_2091_(19950943291).jpg (cropped)
Author: Francesco Veronesi | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 3/25/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gails_pictures/22671290933/ (cropped)
Author: gailhampshire | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 3/25/18
8.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/14760575193/ (cropped)
Author: Francesco Veronesi | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 3/25/18
9.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lanius_senator_MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.214._Jebsheim_Haut_Rhin.jpg (cropped)
Author: Didier Descouens | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 3/25/18
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