Bird

Loggerhead Shrike

Lanius ludovicianus

Lives in West Virginia all year and nests here. Found in 3 of 55 counties, across 7 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 3 of 55 counties
Habitats: 7

Male Loggerhead Shrike, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Diana, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0. iNaturalist photo 72525493. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 3 of 55 counties
Habitats: 7
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in West Virginia 7

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 7

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.

SummerWinter

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerCentral Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerWinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Mountain balds

Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains.

SummerWinterSouthern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier; Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Shale barrens

Steep, sun-baked slopes of loose shale with sparse oaks and Virginia pine and their own endemic wildflowers. Linked only where the source names shale barrens; calcareous shale stays with the limestone glades.

SummerWinter

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.

SummerWinterDeciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (44)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia.

Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter.
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer and winter.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
South Florida Pine Rockland Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer and winter.
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer and winter.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer and winter.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer and winter.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration 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.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer and winter.