Southern Grey Shrike

Description:

The southern grey shrike has several subspecies and is a little widespread bird: in Europe, it is found only in the south of France, in Portugal, in very few areas of Italy and in Spain. It’s also present in North Africa and the Canary Islands and as far as some parts of Asia.

Habitat:

The most curious aspect of the southern grey shrike is its behavior: this animal, after hunting its prey, it impales it in thorny plants or even in barbed wire. Following this, it then proceed to tear it to pieces by pulling it with his beak, from this habit derives his nickname of “butcher