Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family has 31 species in three genera. The family name, "Lanius", is derived from the Latin word for "butcher". Some shrikes were also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. This is because shrike sometimes sticks its prey on a thorn, as on a meat hook. This makes it easier for them to feed on it.
ʃ ɹ aɪ k s WORD_BOUNDARY ɑ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY p æ s ə ɹ ɹ iː n WORD_BOUNDARY b ɜː d z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY f æ m ɪ l i WORD_BOUNDARY l æ n ɪ ɪ d iː WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY f æ m ɪ l i WORD_BOUNDARY h ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY θ ɜː t i WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY s p iː s iː z WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY θ ɹ iː WORD_BOUNDARY d̠ʒ ɛ n ə ɹ ɹ ə WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY f æ m ɪ l i WORD_BOUNDARY n eɪ m WORD_BOUNDARY l æ n ɪ ə s WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY d ɪ ɹ aɪ v d WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ ʌ m ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY l æ t ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY w ɜː d WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY b ʊ t̠ʃ ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY s ʌ m WORD_BOUNDARY ʃ ɹ aɪ k s WORD_BOUNDARY w ɜː ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ l s oʊ WORD_BOUNDARY n oʊ n WORD_BOUNDARY æ z WORD_BOUNDARY b ʊ t̠ʃ ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY b ɜː d z WORD_BOUNDARY b ɪ k ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɛ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY f iː d ɪ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY h æ b ɪ t s WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ s WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY b ɪ k ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʃ ɹ aɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY s ʌ m t aɪ m z WORD_BOUNDARY s t ɪ k s WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t s WORD_BOUNDARY p ɹ eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ n WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY θ ɔ ɹ n WORD_BOUNDARY æ z WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ n WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY m iː t WORD_BOUNDARY h ʊ k WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ s WORD_BOUNDARY m eɪ k s WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY iː z i ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɛ m WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY f iː d WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY