Family
Laniidae (Shrikes)
Lanius cristatus. Photo: (c) Afsar Nayakkan, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Shrikes (/ʃraɪk/) are carnivorous passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of thirty-one species in four genera. They are fairly closely related to the bush-shrike family Malaconotidae.