Wiktionary
n. A medium-sized bird ((taxlink Lanius collurio species noshow=1)) of the Laniidae that breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa, eating large insects, small birds, voles, and lizards.
Wikipedia
The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family Laniidae. The genus name, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for " butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The specific collurio is from Ancient Greek kollurion, a bird mentioned by Aristotle. The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scrÃc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call.
Usage examples of "red-backed shrike".
Pure murder shone from the eyes of the red-backed shrike as he began powering his wings upward.
Angling and disputing for positions at her feet and over various parts of her accommodating body were a whitethroat, a fieldfare, a willowwren, a nuthatch, a tree-pipit, a sand martin, a red-backed shrike, a goldfinch, a yellow bunting, two jays, a greater spotted woodpecker, three moorhens (on her lap with a mallard, a woodcock, and a curlew), a wagtail, four missel thrushes, six blackbirds, a nightingale and twentyseven sparrows.