Lanio

Belongs within: Thraupidae.

Lanio, shrike-tanagers, is a genus of tanagers with a long, straight, heavy bill ending in a sharply hooked tip (Hilty 2011).

<==Lanio Vieillot 1816H11
    |--L. versicolor (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837)JT12, H11 [=Tachyphonus versicolorH11]
    |    |--L. v. versicolorH11
    |    `--L. v. parvus Berlepsch 1912H11
    `--+--L. fulvus (Boddaert 1783)JT12, H11 [=Tangara fulvaH11, T. sulva (l. c.)H11]
       |    |--L. f. fulvusH11
       |    `--L. f. peruvianus Carriker 1934H11
       `--+--L. aurantius Lafresnaye 1846JT12, H11
          `--L. leucothorax Salvin 1865JT12, H11
               |--L. l. leucothoraxH11
               |--L. l. ictus Kennard & Peters 1927H11
               |--L. l. melanopygius Salvin & Godman 1883H11
               `--L. l. reversus Bangs & Griscom 1932H11

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[H11] Hilty, S. L. 2011. Family Thraupidae (tanagers). In: Hoyo, J. del, A. Elliott & D. A. Christie (eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 16. Tanagers to New World Blackbirds pp. 46–329. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.