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Description: | The Great Grey Shrike is a predatory bird that feeds on large insects, small birds and rodents. They don't have sharp talons, but instead carry their unfortunate prey to a nearby bush and impale it on a sharp thorn or twig to kill it. This rather gruesome habit has given the Great Grey Shrike the colloquial name 'Butcher Bird'. It's an uncommon visitor to Britain. A few of these birds spend the winter in parts of the south.
No of females: 1, Age: adult, Form: mount | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.vertebratezoology.27086 | Go to resource |
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