The name loggerhead means blockhead? The shrike part of the name comes from the shriek that the bird makes.

The scientific name for the loggerhead shrike is lanius ludovicianus.

The loggerhead shrike is a bird of prey and a song bird mixed.

The loggerhead shrike kills its prey by breaking its neck.

Other names include thorn bird and butcher bird. The loggerhead shrike is often called the butcher bird because it stabs its prey on things like barbed wire fences and thorns.

The loggerhead shrike is altricial, which means the chicks are born blind, usually without feathers, and are helpless for some time after hatching.

There are over 75 different species of shrikes in the world.

This is a drawing of a loggerhead shrike.	This is a photograph of a loggerhead shrike.