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red-backed_shrike
red-backed shrike
English
Wikispecies
Noun
red
-
backed
shrike
(
plural
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
.
Synonyms
(
UK
,
regional
)
pope
Translations
medium-sized bird
Chechen:
кукмIаьв
(
kukmIäw
)
French:
pie-grièche écorcheur
(fr)
f
German:
Neuntöter
(de)
m
,
Rotrückenwürger
(de)
m
Polish:
gąsiorek
m
Russian:
обыкнове́нный жула́н
m
(
obyknovénnyj žulán
)
,
сорокопу́т-жула́н
m
(
sorokopút-žulán
)
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