Shrike: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 13, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - Laniidae (PDF). Mar 05, 2025
Add new Web site: The National Wildlife Federation - The Strange World of the Shrike. Dec 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Audubon - Shrikes Have an Absolutely Brutal Way of Killing Large Prey. Feb 06, 2020
Species count changed from "approximately 80 species" to "approximately 30 species;" text added clarifying the taxonomic relationships between true shrikes, helmet-shrikes, and bush-shrikes. Apr 25, 2012
Updated species count. Mar 10, 2010
Added new Web site: BirdLife International - Chestnut Sided Shrike Bird. Nov 18, 2008
Added new Web site: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology - All About Birds - Northern Shrike. Nov 18, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Shrike. May 23, 2008
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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