Shrike
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Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of 34 species in two genera.
Red backed shrike
A lizard impaled on a thorn by a shrike for later consumption.
A Sardinian warbler impaled by a shrike in Italy; shrikes sometimes use man-made spikes, such as barbed wire, in place of thorns.
Southern White crowned Shrike, Eurocephalus anguitimens, gleaning ants from the early morning soil at Marakele National Park, South Africa
Lanius
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Lanius, the typical shrikes, are a genus of passerine birds in the shrike family Laniidae. The majority of the family's species are placed in this genus. The genus name, Lanius, is derived from the La
Shrike
…Shrikes () are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of 34 species in two genera. The family name, and that of the larger genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as butcherbirds because of the habit, particularly of males, of impaling…
Southern grey shrike
Long tailed fiscal, Lanius cabanisi
Graumantelwürger Lanius excubitoroides
Taita Fiscal