Insects, small birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles They are opportunistic feeders and will eat whatever small animals happen to be available in their immediate environment. They eat large insects, small birds, frogs, rodents, and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a larder. this practice has earned it the nickname of butcher bird. [5] the general colour of the male's upper parts is reddish. They will also eat berries in late summer and autumn. Their diet comprises a wide array of insects including beetles, grasshoppers, and wasps.
They have a strong hooked beak that allows them to capture and consume their prey Their diet consists of grasshoppers, beetles, spiders, small birds, lizards, and even mice. They mainly feed on insects caught on the ground but also on small mammals, lizards and frogs.
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