red-backed shrikes

A form of red-backed shrike — 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.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of red-backed shrike
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: red-backed shrikes on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.