What is another name for the bird usually called the shrike?
Masked shrike the Greek "leukos", "white", and "metopon", "forehead", describing a feature of the distinctive head pattern. "Shrike", first recorded in 1545, derives from the shrill cries given by this family, and the traditional common name "butcher-bird" again refers to the characteristic prey storage, and has been in use since at least 1668. The masked shrike is the smallest of its genus, a slender bird which usually weighs , measuring long with a wingspan. It has a long tail and relatively small bill, on each side of which is a tomial tooth; the upper mandible bears a triangular ridge which fits a
Tiger shrike another two weeks. Usually one clutch of eggs is laid in a year but a second clutch is laid if the first one is destroyed. Strong winds and predation by common magpies result in the loss of many eggs. Tiger shrike The tiger shrike or thick-billed shrike ("Lanius tigrinus") is a small passerine bird which belongs to the genus "Lanius" in the shrike family, Laniidae. It is found in wooded habitats across eastern Asia. It is a shy, often solitary bird which is less conspicuous than most other shrikes. Like other shrikes it is predatory, feeding on small animals. Its