A shrike is a passerine bird of the family Laniidae.
Shrike may also refer to:
Birds Other passerine birds known as shrikes: Helmetshrike (Prionopidae), an African family closely related to the true shrikes Bushshrike (Malaconotidae), another African family, also formerly considered true shrikes Cuckooshrike (Campephagidae), a widespread Old-World family Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus), an Australasian genus of monarch-flycatcher Shriketit (Falcunculidae), birds in the genus Falcunculus Shrike-tyrant (Agriornis), a South American genus of tyrant-flycatchers Woodshrike (Vangidae), birds in the genus Tephrodornis Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen), the true piping shrike Bornean bristlehead (Pityriasidae), also known as the bristled shrike or bald-headed wood-shrike Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), an Australian tyrant-flycatcher mistaken for the piping shrike
Military Curtiss Shrike (disambiguation), several American combat aircraft of the 1930s USS Shrike, two US Navy ships Bell X-9 Shrike, a prototype surface-to-air guided missile AGM-45 Shrike, an American anti-radiation missile designed to home in on hostile antiaircraft radars RNAS Maydown, also known as HMS Shrike, a former Royal Navy Naval Air Station Ares Shrike 5.56, a belt-fed machine gun conversion kit Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger (English: Shrike), a German World War II fighter aircraft The Mighty Shrikes, the nickname of United States Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 94
Entertainment In fiction Shrike (comics), the codename of a series of DC comics characters The Shrike, a monster in the Hyperion Cantos science fiction book series The Shrike, a character in the 1973 novel Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by English writer B. S. Johnson The Shrike, an enemy in the video game Brute Force Shrike, a character in Nathanael West's novella Miss Lonelyhearts Shrike, a character in the computer game Red Faction II Shrike, a character in the 2018 film Mortal Engines Shrike, the nickname of the monster Renfri in the short story The Lesser Evil by Andrzej Sapkowski, from his The Witcher series Lionel Shrike, a character in the films Now You See Me and Now You See Me 2 Shrike Sanchez, a main character in the animated web-series Monkey Wrench The Shrike, a species in the Marvel Television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Shrykes, a sapient, birdlike species in the Edge Chronicles book series The Minnesota Shrike, the nickname of the fictional serial killer Garret Jacob Hobbs in the Hannibal (TV series) Blood Shrike, the title of the Emperor's second in command in Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes novel series Shrikes, the second generation light attack craft in the Honor Harrington science fiction series by David Weber An animal in the 1979 book series The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann, and the subsequently televised British-French animated series by the same name A heavily armed enemy vessel in the 3rd season of the Paramount+ television series Star Trek: Picard.
Other entertainment The Shrike (play), a 1952 Pulitzer Prize–winning drama by Joseph Kramm The Shrike (film), a 1955 film based on the play "Shrike", a song by Irish musician Hozier from the 2019 album Wasteland, Baby!
Other uses Shrike (racing car), an Australian open-wheel racing car Shrike Commander, an Aero Commander aircraft