red-backed shrike

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red-backed shrike

noun red-backed shrikes

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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noun medium-sized bird

Français	pie-grièche écorcheur
Deutsch	Neuntöter, Rotrückenwürger
Română	sfrâncioc roșiatic
Русский	обыкнове́нный жула́н obyknovénnyj žulán, сорокопу́т-жула́н sorokopút-žulán

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@misc{red_backed_shrike_2026,
  title = {red-backed shrike},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/red-backed%20shrike},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}