Shrikes (/ʃraɪk/) are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of 34 species in two genera. The family name, and that of the larger...
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The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) is a passerine bird in the family Laniidae. It is the only member of the shrike family endemic to North America;...
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The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family, Laniidae. Its breeding range stretches from Western...
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Look up shrike in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A shrike is a passerine bird of the family Laniidae. Shrike may also refer to: Other passerine birds...
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The isabelline shrike or Daurian shrike (Lanius isabellinus) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae). It was previously considered conspecific with...
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AGM-45 Shrike is an American anti-radiation missile designed to home in on hostile anti-aircraft radar. The Shrike was developed by the Naval Weapons...
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The northern shrike (Lanius borealis) is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae) native to North America and Siberia. Long considered...
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The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the red-backed shrike (L. collurio)...
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The great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a large and predatory songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric...
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The Iberian grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis) is a member of the shrike family. It is closely related to the great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor, and...
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and a Piping Shrike standing on a branch of a gum tree. The Piping Shrike is more commonly known as a White-backed Magpie. The Piping Shrike is sometimes...
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Defense Shrike 5.56 is an air-cooled, dual-feed rifle for semi or full-auto configurations that fires the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge. The Shrike 5.56 can...
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The woodchat shrike (Lanius senator) is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. It can be identified by its red-brown crown and nape. It is mainly insectivorous...
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The long-tailed shrike or rufous-backed shrike (Lanius schach) is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes. They are found widely distributed...
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Curtiss Shrike may refer to any of the following aircraft Curtiss A-8, a low-wing monoplane ground-attack aircraft, first flight June 1931 Curtiss YA-10...
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The masked shrike (Lanius nubicus) is a species of bird in the shrike family, Laniidae. It breeds in southeastern Europe and at the eastern end of the...
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Grey shrikethrush (redirect from Gray Shrike-thrush)
include the brown shrike-thrush, buff-bellied shrike-thrush, grey shrike-flycatcher, northern shrike-thrush and south-western shrike-thrush. Five subspecies...
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White-crested helmetshrike (redirect from White Helmet Shrike)
The white-crested helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus), also known as the white helmetshrike, is a species of passerine bird in the Vanga family Vangidae,...
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Hyperion Cantos (redirect from Shrike (Hyperion))
Church of the Final Atonement, alternately known as the Shrike Church, to make a request of the Shrike. As they progress in their journey, each of the pilgrims...
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The tiger shrike or thick-billed shrike (Lanius tigrinus) is a small passerine bird which belongs to the genus Lanius in the shrike family, Laniidae....
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Clemente loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi) or San Clemente Island loggerhead shrike is a subspecies of the loggerhead shrike that is endemic...
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Western shriketit (redirect from Western Shrike-tit)
The western shriketit (Falcunculus leucogaster) is a species of bird in the family Falcunculidae. It is sparsely distributed in south-western Western Australia...
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The Arabian great shrike (Lanius excubitor aucheri) is a non-migratory subspecies of the great grey shrike found mainly in the Arabian Peninsula. Formerly...
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moving backwards in time and guarded by a legendary creature known as the Shrike. On the eve of an Ouster invasion of Hyperion, a final pilgrimage to the...
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Northern shriketit (redirect from Northern Shrike-tit)
The northern shriketit (Falcunculus whitei) is a species of bird in the family Falcunculidae. It is found in the Kimberley region of north-western Australia...
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Helmetshrike (redirect from Helmet-Shrike)
smallish to mid-sized songbird species. They were included with the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, later on split between several presumably closely...
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The lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor) is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. It breeds in South and Central Europe and western Asia in the summer...
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The bay-backed shrike (Lanius vittatus) is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes, resident in South Asia. It is smallish shrike at 17 cm, maroon-brown...
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Gabela helmetshrike (redirect from Angola Helmet Shrike)
The Gabela helmetshrike (Prionops gabela) is a species of bird in the Vanga family Vangidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae. It is endemic...
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The Shrike is a 1955 American film noir drama film based on Joseph Kramm's play of the same name. José Ferrer directed and starred in Ketti Frings' screenplay...
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