NOUN
- large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
- shrikes that impale their prey on thorns
How To Use butcherbird In A Sentence
- Woodlands are the butcherbird's natural habitat, but like many similar species they have adapted well to urbanisation and can be found in leafy suburbs.
- I have done almost no birding, except yesterday when I saw a Hooded Butcherbird sitting on a coconut frond, tilting back its head and ruffling its pied plumage as it whistled its loud, musical song.
- For the purposes of our bird news services, Grey Butcherbird is classed as ungraded: species which are unlikely to appear as wild birds in Britain.
- But when you get to magpies or butcherbirds the training period becomes longer, so in fact magpies have to learn for about 5 years before they are ready to breed.
- The Pied Butcherbird is a medium-sized black and white bird (33cm - 37cm)
- The adult Grey Butcherbird has a black crown and face and a grey back, with a thin white collar.
- The Grey Butcherbird, like the magpie, can also be responsible for swooping during Spring in an effort to protect their young.
