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Own every animal of the family Laniidae.
“All Laniidae” is an album of the Animals theme of Cartopédie. You complete it by opening packs and trading your duplicates with other players.
The start of their anecdote. The album's other cards are for you to discover in the game.
Laniidae
Lanius cristatus · Least concern
The word 'shrike' comes from Old English scríc, 'shriek', after the bird's shrill call, and its genus name Lanius means 'butcher', as it impales prey on thorns. Oddly, the brown shrike sings with its beak closed: only its throat pulses, while its tail moves up and down.
Photo: J.M.Garg (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Laniidae
Lanius excubitor · Least concern
The great grey shrike impales animals on thorns to store them and watches for prey from exposed treetops or poles. As late as the 18th century it was widely known in English as the 'greater butcher-bird', and in the French Jura it was simply called 'boucher', the butcher.
Photo: Marek Szczepanek (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Laniidae
Lanius isabellinus · Least concern
Its genus, Lanius, is Latin for 'butcher', and shrikes earn the name: like its kin, it impales its catch on thorns or barbed wire as a larder. It breeds from the Caspian Sea to China and winters in Africa and Arabia.
Photo: T. R. Shankar Raman (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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