| Lanio | |
|---|---|
| | |
| White-throated shrike-tanager, Lanio leucothorax | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Lanio Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Tangara fulva Boddaert, 1783 | |
| Species | |
Lanio aurantius | |
Lanio is the genus of shrike-tanagers in the family Thraupidae.
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]
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 |