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Lanius collurio

Red-backed Shrike

Neuntöter

The now rare red-backed shrike owes its name to the strange behaviour of impaling his prey on branches and lining them up in a row. In earlier times it was therefore believed that he would first kill nine animals before beginning his meal. Utting/Ammersee, Germany

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