Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus Excubitorides) in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Loggerhead Shrike Excubitorides Subspecies Lanius Ludovicianus Excubitorides in Canada
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status
- Summary of Status Report
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Literature Cited
- Biographical Summary of the Report Writer
- Authorities Contacted

Threatened 2004
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2004. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Loggerhead Shrike excubitorides subspecies Lanius ludovicianus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 24 pp.
Previous report
Cadman, M.D. 1986. COSEWIC status report on the Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 100 pp.
Production note
COSEWIC acknowledges David A. Wiggins for writing the update status report on theLoggerhead Shrike excubitorides subspecies Lanius ludovicianus in Canada. The report was overseen and edited by Richard Cannings, COSEWIC Co-chair Birds Species Specialist Subcommittee. This species was previously listed by COSEWIC as Loggerhead Shrike (Prairie population) Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: (819) 997-4991 / (819) 953-3215
Fax: (819) 994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC Website
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la Pie-grièche migratrice de la sous-espèce excubitorides (Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides) au Canada - Mise à jour.
Cover illustration
Loggerhead Shrike excubitorides subspecies – Richard Cannings
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2004
Catalogue N° CW69-14/390-2004E-PDF
ISBN 0-662-37337-5
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