Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
November 1765
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, no. 96, 2
Notes:
The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) resembles a mockingbird and is nick-named the butcher bird because it lacks the talons and strong feet of hawks and owls and must impale its prey on thorns or barbed wire.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Du Simitière's Common Name:
Butcher bird
Current Common Name:
Loggerhead shrike
Current Scientific Name
Lanius ludovicianus
