red-backed shrike

noun

A medium-sized bird (Lanius collurio) of the shrike family that breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa, eating large insects, small birds, voles, and lizards.

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Meanings

nounred-backed shrike (plural red-backed shrikes)

plural red-backed shrikes

  1. A medium-sized bird (Lanius collurio) of the shrike family that breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa, eating large insects, small birds, voles, and lizards.

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Synonyms & antonyms

nounA medium-sized bird (Lanius collurio) of the shrike family that breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa, eating large insects, small birds, voles, and lizards.

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pope
Also see
butcherbird

Translations

Czech ťuhýk obecný, masák
  • ťuhýk obecnýmedium-sized bird
  • masákmedium-sized bird
Dutch grauwe klauwier
  • grauwe klauwiermedium-sized bird
Finnish pikkulepinkäinen
  • pikkulepinkäinenmedium-sized bird
French pie-grièche écorcheur
  • pie-grièche écorcheurmedium-sized bird
German Neuntöter, Rotrückenwürger
  • Neuntötermedium-sized bird
  • Rotrückenwürgermedium-sized bird
Polish gąsiorek
  • gąsiorekmedium-sized bird
Romanian sfrâncioc roșiatic
  • sfrâncioc roșiaticmedium-sized bird
Russian обыкнове́нный жула́н, сорокопу́т-жула́н
  • обыкнове́нный жула́н (obyknovénnyj žulán)medium-sized bird
  • сорокопу́т-жула́н (sorokopút-žulán)medium-sized bird
Swedish törnskata
  • törnskatamedium-sized bird
Turkish kızıl sırtlı örümcek kuşu
  • kızıl sırtlı örümcek kuşumedium-sized bird
Welsh cigydd cefngoch
  • cigydd cefngochmedium-sized bird
Cite this entry
APA

red-backed shrike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-backed%20shrike

MLA

“red-backed shrike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-backed%20shrike. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red-backed shrike,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-backed%20shrike.

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