Family
Laniidae (Shrikes)
Lanius ludovicianus. Photo: (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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.