Great Gray Shrike
- Score
- 0.9999988
- Family
- Laniidae
- Tail Shape
- notched
- Wing Shape
- pointed
Why it matters
The Great Gray Shrike (*Lanius excubitor*) is known among birders for its predatory nature and distinctive habit of impaling prey on thorns or barbed wire, a behavior that earned it the nickname "butcher bird." Its pointed wings and notched tail are perfectly evolved for the agile, high-speed maneuvers required by this fierce raptor-like songbird.
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