1) Bird genus 2) Genus lanius 
Lanius, the typical shrikes, are a genus of passerine birds in the shrike family. The majority of the family`s species are placed in this genus. African species are known as fiscals. That name comes from the Afrikaans word fiskaal (`public official`, especially a hangman), because they hang their prey on thorns for storage. Most Lanius species ......
(from the article `butcherbird`) ...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 it or, ...
[n] - type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes
genus Lanius noun type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes