Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
Texas Status Threatened U.S. Status Threatened, Listed 7/28/1978 Description Loggerhead sea turtles have characteristically large heads with powerful jaws. Adults weigh 170 to 500 lbs.
Loggerhead
Caretta caretta
Photo by M. Dorcas
Description: Loggerheads are primarily reddish-brown in coloration and have large heads with powerful jaws. They also often have barnacles and other organisms attached to their shell.
Loggerhead Turtles
By far, the most common sea turtle inhabiting our southeastern coastal waters is the loggerhead, Caretta caretta. Thousands of nesting females crawl ashore each year on the beaches of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
Loggerhead Shrike
A Loggerhead Shrike perches near the water. On a very cold day at Whitewater Draw in Southern Arizona, this Shrike seemed more interested in conserving energy than worrying about the photographer stalking him.
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle with radio transmitter ...
Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
The Loggerhead Kingbird is distributed in most of the islands of the West Indies. It is found in forests, mangroves and swamp edges where it feeds on insects, lizards and fruits.
Loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus
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Length: 7 inches
Heavy, hooked bill
Black mask
Gray head and back
White underparts
Black wings with white wing patches
Black tail with white outer tail feathers ...
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
This photograph is used with the kind permission of Sandra Edwards.
Loggerhead Shrike
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle ( Caretta caretta )
A Loggerhead Sea Turtle at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) occurs across much of the United States but it can be rare and local in distribution, especially in the northeast. The species remains quite common across most of Texas.
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
The Loggerhead Sea Turtle is the most common sea turtle in Florida. The top shell of an adult loggerhead is reddish-brown while the scaly underside of the belly is yellow.
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
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The Loggerhead is from the order Testudines. All turtles are testudines (or Chelonia). There are more than 280 different species belonging to this order.
Loggerhead sea turtles are found in coastal tropical and subtropical waters often extending to temperate waters in search of food. Found in the Atlantic Ocean from Argentina to Nova Scotia.
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Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
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Sea Turtle - name for several species of large marine turtles found in tropical and subtropical oceans.
Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta
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Where are they found? Africa, Asia, Atlantic Ocean, Australia, Europe, Indian Ocean, North America, Pacific Ocean, South America ...
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Range
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Type: Reptile Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: More than 50 years Size: 36 in (90 cm) Weight: 253 lbs (115 kg) Group name: Flotilla Protection status: Endangered ...
Loggerhead Shrike Behaviour
No observations regarding Loggerhead Shrike behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Loggerhead Shrikes ...
The loggerhead turtle, auspicious for its famed longevity.
The sea turtle, a symbol of long life and good luck, has been loved for centuries.
The loggerhead turtle was greatly hunted at one time for its fat, which was used in cosmetics and some medication.
This is the most abundant sea turtle species in US coastal waters.
The Loggerhead inhabits grassland, orchards, and open areas with scattered trees; open grassy woodlands, deserts in the West.
Loggerhead Shrike
(Lanius ludovicianus)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2001
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
This species is State Endangered.
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus
Status Rare transient, very rare in summer and winter. Formerly bred.
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
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Scientific name: Caretta caretta
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
National conservation status: Endangered ...
Loggerhead Turtle
A great traveller under threat from fishing fleets
Common Name: Loggerhead turtle; Tortue caouanne (Fr); Cayume, tortuga boba (Sp) ...
THE LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE.
[Loggerhead Shrike.]
LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS, Linn.
[Lanius ludovicianus.] ...
Loggerhead Turtle
The loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, in the family Cheloniidae, is the most common sea turtle in North American waters ...
Loggerheads are found in temperate and tropical coastal habitats and are sometimes even found in freshwater streams and rivers. The majority of their time is spent in the open ocean, but females do visit undisturbed beaches for nesting.
Loggerhead Shrike (Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources)
Species at Risk: Loggerhead Shrike (Environment Canada)
Hinterland Who's Who: Loggerhead Shrike ...
The loggerhead shrike (Lanus ludovicianus) is a predatory songbird about the size of a blackbird. It is bluish-gray above and white below. The wings and tail are mostly black with white patches.
My wife and I took a Moreton Bay cruise in the hopes of spotting a dugong, but it was not to be. We did manage to spy many bottle-nosed dolphins and a few Loggerheads though. None of the turtles stayed above water long enough for a photo.
Loggerhead, weighing about 200 kg, with reddish brown markings.
Conservation Status and Threats
All sea turtles are protected because they are classified as Endangered.
Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
The loggerhead is one of the most widespread of all the marine turtles and also the most highly migratory, with individuals known to cross... More 32 Images 19 Videos ...
Loggerhead Turtle: (Caretta caretta)
A large turtle with reddish-brown markings, the loggerhead can reach 33 to 40 inches in length and weighs 150 to 400 pounds.
East Pacific Green: (Chelonia agassizi) ...
Loggerhead Shrike
Adult
Thick black mask (not just eyestripe)
Thick, hooked dark bill
Black wings with small white patches but no wingbars
Long, black tail with white corners
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Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta
Most Atlantic Loggerheads nest in Florida where they are under extreme pressure from beach development. Some nesting further north to the Carolinas and even Virginia.
Loggerhead Shrike
Went birding in the Delta with Don Reinberg on Wednesday. We had nice view of Ferruginous Hawks, a Rough-legged Hawk, Prairie Falcon, and even the Northern Shrike (along Cook Lane, just south of 113, on the west side of the road).
Shrike, Loggerhead Lanius ludovicianus Found: North America
Photographed by Dick Daniels in North Carolina ...
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FWC Facts:
No one may ski or aquaplane from 1/2 hour past sunset throuh 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta): The loggerhead has reddish-brown markings, it can reach 33 to 40 inches in length and weigh 150 to 400 pounds. One of the two main loggerhead nesting areas is located along the Atlantic coast of Florida.
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus (scientific)
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Horseshoe Crab
Limulus polyphemus (scientific)
Horseshoe crabs spend most of their life out in the ocean.
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
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Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) ...
Loggerhead sea turtles are known for their migratory behavior. Some individuals have been recorded migrating up to 4,828 km. Adults and juveniles in temperate waters migrate towards the equator for winter to avoid cold stunning in waters under 10 ºC.
The loggerhead sea turtle swims.
African pancake tortoise African pancake tortoise
Malacochersus tornieri Aldabra tortoise Aldabra tortoise
Geochelone gigantea Alligator snapping turtle Alligator snapping turtle ...
The loggerhead is the largest hard shelled turtle, and the second largest species of turtle in the world (next to the leatherback). The loggerhead turtle has been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act since 1978.
The Loggerhead Shrike occurs throughout most of the United States during the breeding season. In the southern half of the country, including Georgia, it occurs all year.
The Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Sternotherus minor minor, is found in freshwater springs and spring runs in the panhandle and northern peninsula. It has a dark peaked shell and has black spots on its head. Although only 4.5" long, it has quite a bite.
scutes. "Loggerheaded" with moderately hooked beak. Tail long and saw-toothed.
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Macrochelys temminckii
Rare.
prairie falcons, loggerhead shrikes, longnose leopard lizards and striped whipsnakes. Sometimes found in same habitat as flat-tailed horned lizard. Density of 5/ha reported in Nevada (Tanner and Krogh 1973).
Non-Migrant: Y
Locally Migrant: N ...
: Eastern loggerhead shrike populations are declining. There are probably less than 100 breed pairs from Manitoba to Quebec. Scientists are not certain about the causes of the decline.
Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
Great Grey Shrike or Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
Chinese Grey Shrike, Lanius sphenocercus
Grey-backed Fiscal, Lanius excubitoroides ...
Alligator snapping turtles are also referred to as alligator snappers or loggerheads. These turtles have large heads and powerful jaws. Their shells have three distinct ridges that run from front to back. They are found exclusively in North America.
Each year, tens of thousands of olive ridley, Kemp's ridley, loggerhead green and leatherback turtles are trapped in shrimping operations. Marine turtles are reptiles so when they cannot reach the surface to breathe, they drown.
.and Olive-throated Parakeet, Jamaican Tody, White-crowned Pigeon, Zenaida Dove, Loggerhead Kingbird, and both Red-billed Streamertail and Vervain Hummingbird.
TESTUDINES: Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles) Common Name Scientific Name Distribution
Loggerhead Seaturtle *
Caretta caretta
Recorded from coastal southeastern Mass. One record from Essex County (2008). Listed as "Threatened".
photo credit: Jerry Reynolds
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
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Frogs and toads often move very short distances to breeding ponds and lakes to lay their eggs. Some sea turtles, like the loggerhead, return year-after-year to the same sandy beach on which they hatched to lay their eggs.
 See also: Turtle, Reptile, Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike, Woodpecker
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