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WHAT DOES LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Loggerhead shrike

The Loggerhead Shrike is a passerine bird. It is the only member of the shrike family endemic to North America; the related Northern Shrike occurs north of its range but also in the Palearctic. The bird has a large hooked bill; the head and back are grey and the underparts white. The wings and tail are black, with white patches on the wings and white on the outer tail feather. The black face mask extends over the eye, unlike that of the similar but slightly larger Northern Shrike. The bird breeds in semi-open areas in southern Ontario, Quebec and the Canadian prairie provinces, south to Mexico. It nests in dense trees and shrubs. The female lays 4 to 8 eggs in a bulky cup made of twigs and grass. There is an increase in average clutch size as latitude increases. The shrike is a permanent resident in the southern part of the range; northern birds migrate farther south. The bird waits on a perch with open lines of sight and swoops down to capture prey. Its food is large insects, small birds and lizards.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE

air strike
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Synonyms and antonyms of loggerhead shrike in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «loggerhead shrike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE

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The translations of loggerhead shrike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «loggerhead shrike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蠵伯劳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alcaudón verdugo
570 millions of speakers

English

loggerhead shrike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लंठ श्राइक
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الصرد ضخمة الرأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

болван сорокопут
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Picanço cabeçuda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লজ্জাজনক শরিয়ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pie-grièche migratrice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penimbal kayu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dummkopf Shrike
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アカウミガメモズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거북 까치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Loggerhead shrike
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Shrike rùa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லாகர்ஹெட் ஷிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लबाडीचा शिरीके
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kraliçeci külahı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shrike loggerhead
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dureń dzierzba
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

болван сорокопут
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Shrike loggerhead
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Καρέττα shrike
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

karet laksman
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oäkta skata
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

logger shrike
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about loggerhead shrike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE»

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The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas
The Loggerhead Shrike is infamous for its habit of impaling its prey on thorns, barbed-wire fences, and other protruding objects. For this reason, it has been nicknamed the "butcher-bird." The purpose of this behavior may be to store food for ...
Laura Spess Jackson, Carol A. Thompson, James J. Dinsmore, 1996
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of New Jersey
Since the 1970s, loggerhead shrike numbers have plummeted and breeding populations have been extirpated from much of this region. The Breeding Bird Sur- BIRDS vey has detected annual declines of this species in the Northeast from ...
Bruce E. Beans, Larry Niles, 2003
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The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta: A Second Look
Photo: Gerald Romanchuk NESTING Endemic to North America, the Loggerhead Shrike is found in the Grassland and Parkland Natural Regions in Alberta. The observed distribution of this species in the Parkland and Boreal Forest NRs ...
‎2007
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A Guide to Michigan's Endangered Wildlife
Loggerhead Shrike Pop. Trend: Slightly decreasing (Lanius ludovicianus) Est. 1989 Michigan Pop.: 4-6 breed- State Endangered ing pairs Identification: The loggerhead shrike has a striking appearance. It is a grayish, robin-sized predatory ...
David C. Evers, 1992
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Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World
(40-50 g) Clutch size: 4-5 eggs Incubation: 14 days Diet: Large insects, small birds, small mammals, and lizards Habitat: Woodlands, shrub- lands Range: San Clemente Island, United States The loggerhead shrike is an attractive bird.
‎2001
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Fifty Common Birds of Oklahoma and the Southern Great Plains
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (Lanius ludovlcianus) Anyone who drives around Oklahoma much will see a not very large, somewhat bigheaded bird now and then perched on a telephone wire. It is gray above and white below, black-and- white on ...
George Miksch Sutton, 1981
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Wildlife and Plants.
KEY FACTS Name Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Range In summer, Canada south to Mexico; in winter southern United States and Mexico Habitat Semidesert, shrubland, forest edge, agricultural land, and orchards Appearance  ...
Marian Armstrong, 2007
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Shrikes
Variation in Loggerhead Shrike nest composition between two shrub species in southwest Idaho. J. Field Ornithology 64: 352-357. Woods, C.P. 1995. Status of Loggerhead Shrikes in the sagebrush habitat of southwestern Idaho. In Shrikes ...
Norbert Lefranc, 2013
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
Loggerhead Shrike Lam'us ludovicianus L 9" (23 cm) Slightly smaller and darker than Northern Shrike. Head and back bluish gray; underparts white or very faintly barred. Broad black mask extends above eye and thinly across top of bill.
‎2011
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Birds of the World
-J Masked like a bandit — but otherwise looking much like a typical songbird — the loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) is a ferocious predator that hunts like a small hawk. It is known for its habit of impaling its prey on thorns or barbed  ...
Jason A. Mobley, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE»

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Lessons learned from DuPage's Centennial BioBlitz
The scenery I had in mind was of the avian kind, a lingering loggerhead shrike first spotted on the hill about a week earlier. I arrived an hour ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
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Music, monotypes and more
Music, monotypes and more. “Visiting Loggerhead Shrike” is a monotype by Blue Lake artist Patricia Sennott. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. «Eureka Times Standard, Jul 15»
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Claymont, PVAS protect grassland birds
Some birds, such as the Northern bobwhite, bobolink, loggerhead shrike, grasshopper, vesper and Henslow's sparrows, and ring-necked ... «Herald-Mail Media, Jul 15»
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Bird Watch: Identify juvenile birds for fun, challenge
This photo of a loggerhead shrike (above) reveals a number of clues pointing to this bird being a juvenile rather than an adult. In the case of ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
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Till Death Do We Eat
Of course, I spotted a family of Loggerhead Shrike, or as some call them, the "Butcher" bird, because of their habit of impaling small rodents or ... «Wilson Post, Jun 15»
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Smithsonian institute studies loggerhead shrike's decline
FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) — Researchers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are studying the loggerhead shrike to determine ... «The Inter-Mountain, Jun 15»
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This Week in the Laboratories of Democracy
And we conclude, as is our custom, in the great state of Oklahoma, where Blog Designated Loggerhead Shrike wrangler Friedman Of The ... «Esquire.com, Jun 15»
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Tiny, fierce and disappearing: breeding program aims to help the …
This is the work of the loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a bird about the size of a mocking bird, and identifiable by a stark black mask ... «Smithsonian Science News, Jun 15»
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Fly away, fly away, fly away ... gone
The loggerhead shrike is a songbird and predator once far more numerous in meadows than it is today. The American wigeon is a duck ... «Arkansas Online, Jun 15»
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Spring migration perfect for bird watchers
An out-of-place loggerhead shrike spent a few days at Chicago's 63rd Street beach the last week of May. Not all the action was along Lake ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jun 15»

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