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calzephyr ([personal profile] calzephyr) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2025-05-21 04:20 pm

Wednesday Word: Bokmakierie

Bokmakierie - noun.

It's been a while since I posted a bird word! The bokmakierie is a member of the shrike family and found in Southern Africa. Like other shrikes, it preys on other birds, frogs, insects, and lizards. It's name comes from one of it's particular calls, bok-bok-mak-kik, which you can hear in this video.



Bokmakierie 2013 10 24 2318.jpg
By Alandmanson - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link