Loggerhead Shrike

• Scientific Name: Lanius Ludovicianus
• Common Name: Loggerhead Shrike
• Diet: insects, small birds, small animals
• Color: gray
• Size: 9 inches
• Active Period: Year-round
• Habitat: widespread
• Field Identification: hooked bill, wide black mask
• Nest: saucerlike
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Lanius
• Family: Laniidae (shrikes)
• Order: Passeriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: ludovicianus