woodchat


wood·chat

W0208900 (wo͝od′chăt′)n. A Eurasian and African shrike (Lanius senator) having black and white plumage with a reddish crown.

woodchat

(ˈwʊdˌtʃæt) or

woodchat shrike

n (Animals) a songbird, Lanius senator, of Europe and N Africa, having a black-and-white plumage with a reddish-brown crown and a hooked bill: family Laniidae (shrikes)