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red-backed shrike

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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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16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: paniega — medium-sized bird
  • Chechen: кукмӏаьв (kukmˀäw) — medium-sized bird
  • Czech: ťuhýk obecný — medium-sized bird
  • Czech: masák — medium-sized bird
  • Dutch: grauwe klauwier — medium-sized bird
  • Finnish: pikkulepinkäinen — medium-sized bird
  • French: pie-grièche écorcheur — medium-sized bird
  • German: Neuntöter — medium-sized bird
  • German: Rotrückenwürger — medium-sized bird
  • Polish: gąsiorek — medium-sized bird
  • Romanian: sfrâncioc roșiatic — medium-sized bird
  • Russian: обыкнове́нный жула́н (obyknovénnyj žulán) — medium-sized bird
  • Russian: сорокопу́т-жула́н (sorokopút-žulán) — medium-sized bird
  • Swedish: törnskata — medium-sized bird
  • Turkish: kızıl sırtlı örümcek kuşu — medium-sized bird
  • Welsh: cigydd cefngoch — medium-sized bird