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A shrike is a passerine bird of the family Laniidae which is known for its habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.
A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey, reflecting its predatory nature.
Numerous species of shrike are present on all continents except South America and Australia.
Shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their habit of keeping a "larder" of corpses. (Note that the butcherbird s of Australasia are not shrikes, although they occupy a similar ecological niche.)
Species are
Family: Lanidae
- Tiger Shrike, Lanius tigrinus
- Bull-headed Shrike, Lanius bucephalus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Brown Shrike, Lanius cristatus
- Burmese Shrike, Lanius collurioides
- Emin's Shrike, Lanius gubernator
- Souza's Shrike, Lanius souzae
- Bay-backed Shrike, Lanius vittatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Mountain Shrike or Grey-capped Shrike, Lanius validirostris
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLesser Grey Shrike : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Laniidae Lanius minor Binomial name Lanius minor Gmelin, 1788 The Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor is a member of the shrike family Laniidae''. It is similar in appearance to the Great Grey Lanius minor
- Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
- Great Grey ShrikeThe Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor is a member of the shrike family. The Great Grey Shrike breed in northern Europe and Asia and winter further south in those continents. It is known in North America as Northern Shrike it breeds in northern Canada and or Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Southern Grey ShrikeThe Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis is a member of the shrike family. It is closely related to the Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor with which it used to be considered conspecific. The race L. meridionalis is resident in southern Europe and nor Lanius meridionalis
- Chinese Grey Shrike, Lanius sphenocercus
- Grey-backed Fiscal, Lanius excubitoroides
- Long-tailed Fiscal, Lanius cabanisi
- Taita Fiscal, Lanius dorsalis
- Somali Fiscal, Lanius somalicus
- Mackinnon's Shrike, Lanius mackinnoni
- Common Fiscal, Lanius collaris
- Newton's Fiscal, Lanius newtoni
- Uhehe Shrike Lanius marwitzi
- Woodchat ShrikeWoodchat Shrike : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Laniidae Lanius senator Binomial name Lanius senator Linnaeus, 1758 The Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. The Woodchat breeds in southern Europe, the Mi Lanius senator
- Masked ShrikeMasked Shrike : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Laniidae Lanius nubicus Binomial name Lanius nubicus Lichtenstein, 1823 The Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. It breeds in southeastern Europe and the easte Lanius nubicus
- White-rumped Shrike, Eurocephalus rueppelli
- White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
Other species called shrikes are in the families:
The latter two groups were previously included in Lanidae, but the cuckoo-shrikes are not related.
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