page_title: Shrike
section_title: Species in taxonomic order
hierarchical_section_title: Shrike / Species in taxonomic order
caption_attribution_description: A lizard impaled on a branch by a Southern Shrike, in the La Geria region of Lanzarote. Photo by Yummifruitbat
context_page_description: Shrikes are carnivorous passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of 33 species in four genera.
  The family name, and that of the largest genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as butcherbirds because of their feeding habits. The common English name shrike is from Old English scrīc, alluding to the shrike's shriek-like call.
context_section_description: The family Laniidae was introduced (as Lanidia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815.
  FAMILY: LANIIDAE 
  Genus: Lanius
  Tiger shrike, Lanius tigrinus
  Souza's shrike, Lanius souzae
  Bull-headed shrike, Lanius bucephalus
  Brown shrike, Lanius cristatus
  Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio
  Isabelline shrike, Lanius isabellinus
  Red-tailed shrike, Lanius phoenicuroides
  Burmese shrike, Lanius collurioides
  Emin's shrike, Lanius gubernator
  Bay-backed shrike, Lanius vittatus
  Long-tailed shrike, Lanius schach
  Grey-backed shrike, Lanius tephronotus
  Mountain shrike or grey-capped shrike, Lanius validirostris
  Mackinnon's shrike, Lanius mackinnoni
  Lesser grey shrike, Lanius minor
  Loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
  Northern shrike, Lanius borealis
  Great grey shrike or northern shrike, Lanius excubitor
  Steppe grey shrike, Lanius excubitor pallidirostris
  Iberian grey shrike, 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
  Northern fiscal, Lanius humeralis
  Southern fiscal, Lanius collaris
  Uhehe fiscal, Lanius collaris marwitzi
  São Tomé fiscal, Lanius newtoni
  Woodchat shrike, Lanius senator
  Masked shrike, Lanius nubicus
  Genus: Corvinella
  Yellow-billed shrike, Corvinella corvina
  Genus: Urolestes
  Magpie shrike, Urolestes melanoleucus
  Genus: Eurocephalus
  Northern white-crowned shrike, Eurocephalus ruppelli
  Southern white-crowned shrike, Eurocephalus anguitimens
caption: Lizard impaled on thorns by a southern grey shrike, Lanius meridionalis, Lanzarote
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