The northern shrike is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae) native to North America and Siberia. Long considered a subspecies of the great grey shrike, it was classified as a distinct species in 2017. Six subspecies are recognised.
Northern shrike
Northern shrike wintering in Scarborough Marsh (Cumberland County, Maine, United States)
Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of 34 species in two genera.
Shrike
Shrike on a Winter Tree, silk painting by Li Di (李迪). China, Song dynasty, 1187 AD
A bee presumably caught and impaled by a shrike
Image: Southern White crowned Shrike, Eurocephalus anguitimens, gleaning ants from the early morning soil at Marakele National Park, South Africa (13952312157)