Bird
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in all 67 counties, across 9 habitats.
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 67 counties
- Habitats
- 9

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- All year
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 67 counties
- Habitats
- 9
- Habitat models
- Summer, Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Florida 9
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.




Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.
Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Tree plantations and managed pine
Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.
Other habitats in its models (39)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.
In Florida 2
- South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer and winter.
- South Florida Pine Rockland Summer.
Elsewhere in the South (12)
- Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer and winter.
- Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
- Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
- Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer and winter.
- Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer.
- Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
- Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer and winter.
- Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer and winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
Northeast (2)
- Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer and winter.
- Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
Midwest (3)
- North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer and winter.
- North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
- North-Central Oak Barrens Summer and winter.
Land cover and other classes (20)
- Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer.
- Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer and winter.
- Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer and winter.
- Recently Burned Summer and winter.
- Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter.
- Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter.
- Recently Burned Shrubland Summer and winter.
- Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter.
- Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
- Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer and winter.
Seasons in Florida
- Year-round: nests here, in all 67 counties.
- Winter: does not nest here, in 1 of 67 counties.
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in Florida, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Birds 98
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mitred ParakeetAratinga mitrata
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Plants 1524
- Whitestar Morning-gloryIpomoea leucantha
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
- Common HorseweedErigeron canadensis
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Oakleaf FleabaneErigeron quercifolius
- Dog-fennelEupatorium capillifolium
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Threadleaf SundropsOenothera linifolia
- Carolina HorsenettleSolanum carolinense var. carolinense
- Tooth Leaf Croton; Sand CrotonCroton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Coastal dunes and beaches
Birds 108
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
Plants 187
- Railroad VineIpomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
- Beach Morning-gloryIpomoea imperati
- Godfrey's Golden AsterChrysopsis godfreyi
- Seabeach KnotweedPolygonum glaucum
- Garber's SandmatEuphorbia garberi
- Sanddune SpurgeEuphorbia trichotoma
- Northern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia polygonifolia
- Southern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia bombensis
- Agalinis harperiAgalinis harperi
- Mound-lily YuccaYucca gloriosa
- BeachstarCyperus pedunculatus
- BaybeanCanavalia rosea
Forest edges and thickets
Birds 56
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Plants 139
- Southern DewberryRubus trivialis
- Buffalo CloverTrifolium reflexum
- Scarlet Creeper; ScarletcreeperIpomoea hederifolia
- Nodding Evening PrimroseOenothera nutans
- Georgia HorsenettleSolanum perplexum
- Halberd-leaf TearthumbPersicaria arifolia
- Earleaf GreenbrierSmilax auriculata
- Cornel-leaf AsterDoellingeria infirma
- Creeping LespedezaLespedeza repens
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoilDesmodium nuttallii
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Loggerhead Shrike
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)





















































