page_title: Isabelline shrike
section_title: Etymology
hierarchical_section_title: Isabelline shrike / Etymology
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Ei von Lanius phoenicuroides. Sammlung Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.English&#x3a;&#32; Egg of Red-tailed shrike. Collection of Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Œuf de Lanius phoenicuroides. Collection de Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.
context_page_description: The isabelline shrike or Daurian shrike is a member of the shrike family. It was previously considered conspecific with the red-backed shrike and red-tailed shrike.It is found in an extensive area between the Caspian Sea and north and central China southeast to the Qaidam Basin.Overwinters in Africa and Arabia.
context_section_description: The genus name, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The common name is from the specific isabellinus, New Latin for "greyish-yellow" probably named for Isabella I of Castile, said to have promised not to change her undergarments until Spain was freed from the Moors. The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call.
caption: Lanius isabellinus - MHNT
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