red-backed shrike

red-backed shrike
a medium-sized bird of the shrike family Laniidae that breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa, and eats large insects, small birds, voles and lizards.

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  • red-backed shrike — noun : European shrike (Lanius collurio) * * * red backed shrike, a small European shrike, with a chestnut brown back and a gray crown …   Useful english dictionary

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