butcherbird

See also: butcher bird

English

Butcherbirds

Etymology

butcher +‎ bird, from its habit of hanging its prey.

Noun

butcherbird (plural butcherbirds)

1. Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, family Artamidae, of Australia and New Guinea.
   • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 47:

     A butcher bird has stirred, tuned its flute with a few preparatory notes.

   • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 224:

     A short way off, two male butcher birds, black and white like magpies, were calling antiphonally across a ravine.

2. (US) Any of the shrikes in the genus Lanius.
3. (South Africa) The fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris.

Synonyms

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• Jacky Hanger
• Jacky Hangman
• red-backed shrike

Derived terms

• black butcherbird

Translations

Cracticus

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• Finnish: huiluvaris (fi)
• French: cassican (fr) m
• Kriol: bujabed
• Tiwi: murrakupupunga
• Warray: lopolopo
• Xhosa: inxanxadi class 9/10

fiscal shrike

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 领伯劳