​Loggerhead Shrike
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The loggerhead shrike is a passerine songbird that has experienced one of the most drastic declines among North American songbirds since the inception of the Breeding Bird Survey in the mid-1960s. The species has been nearly extirpated in the northeastern United States and Canada. A unique subspecies of this quirky bird (commonly known as the ‘butcher bird’ in reference to its unique impaling behavior) is being sustained in Ontario through release of young birds into the wild in Ontario that have been produced through conservation breeding at three Conservation Centers (African Lion Safari, Nashville Zoo and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute).

Return Balance
to Ecosystems

​Returning native songbirds, like the loggerhead shrike, to nature helps restore ecosystems and the promise of a healthy planet.​

​​Partnering Organizations:

​African Lion Safari, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Nashville Zoo, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI),
Wildlife Preservation Canada,​and The Wilds.