1) Shrike 2) Well known bird 1) Shrike 
Butcherbirds are magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus. They are native to Australasia. The Australian magpie has recently been placed in the same genus, and this new taxonomy has been supported by recent phylogenetic analyses. Together with three species of currawong and two species of peltops, butcherbirds and the Australian magpie form the s...
in general, any bird that impales its prey (small vertebrates, large insects) on a thorn or wedges it into a crack or a forked twig in order to tear ...
[n] - shrikes that impale their prey on thorns 2. [n] - large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
any of various shrikes of the genus Lanius, which impale their prey upon thorns. · any of several large, carnivorous birds of the genus Cracticus, of Australia and New Guinea, having shrikelike habits.