The Isabelline shrike or Daurian shrike (Lanius isabellinus) is named from the specific isabellinus, Neo-Latin for "greyish-yellow" probably named for Isabella I of Castile, said to have promised not to change her undergarments until Spain was freed from the Moors. The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call. It is found between the Caspian Sea and north and central China southeast to the Qaidam Basin. The isabelline shrike eats large insects, small birds, rodents and lizards.
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