butcherbird

See also: butcher bird

English
Butcherbirds

Etymology

butcher +‎ bird, from its habit of hanging its prey.

Noun

butcherbird (plural butcherbirds)

  1. (US) Any of the shrikes in the genus Lanius.
  2. (South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris.
  3. Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus.

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