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Lanius meridionalis
This medium-sized passerine bird eats large insects, small birds and rodents. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder".
Spotted on Sep 8, 2012
Submitted on Oct 8, 2012
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The shrikes here do the same thing, so their nickname is "Butcher Bird" .
Espectacular bella toma::