Meanings
nounwhite-rumped shrike (plural white-rumped shrikes)
plural white-rumped shrikes
- The northern white-crowned shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli)
- obsoleteThe prairie loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides)
A true native of the mesquite wilderness this, sharing his thorny home with a few Western Mockers and a great many White-rumped Shrikes.
1905, William Beebe, Two Bird-Lovers In Mexico, page 94
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts
Similar
Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides
Broader
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