butcherbird
Noun
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Shrikes that impale their prey on thorns (synset 101601629)
is a type of: shrike - any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animalssubtypes:
- european shrike, lanius excubitor - a common European butcherbird
- lanius borealis, northern shrike - a butcherbird of northern North America
- lanius ludovicianus excubitorides, white-rumped shrike - a butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts
belongs to: genus lanius, lanius - type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes -
Large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns (synset 101585850)
is a type of: australian magpie - black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpiesbelongs to: cracticus, genus cracticus - type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds
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