Lanio
Lanio is the genus of shrike-tanagers in the family Thraupidae.
| Lanio | |
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| White-throated shrike-tanager, Lanio leucothorax | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Lanio Vieillot, 1816 |
| Species | |
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Lanio aurantius | |
The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Jean 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]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanio fulvus | Fulvous shrike-tanager | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela | |
 | Lanio versicolor | White-winged shrike-tanager | Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru |
 | Lanio aurantius | Black-throated shrike-tanager | Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. |
| Lanio leucothorax | White-throated shrike-tanager | Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama |
References
- Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Elementaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 40.
- Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 285.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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