Loggerhead Shrike

Subspecies (7)

• Lanius ludovicianus anthonyi

  northern Channel Islands (off southern California)

• Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides

  breeds central Canada southward through central and western USA; winters to southern Mexico

• Lanius ludovicianus grinnelli

  southern California (San Diego County) and northern Baja California

• Lanius ludovicianus ludovicianus

  coastal southeastern USA

• Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi

  San Clemente Island (off southern California)

• Lanius ludovicianus mexicanus

  western and central Mexico including southern Baja California (northwestern Mexico)

• Lanius ludovicianus migrans

  breeds eastern North America (now very locally southeastern Canada and northeastern USA states, more widely in southeastern states to eastern Texas); winters to northeastern Mexico