Predatory bird with great grey and red-backed species (6)

I believe the answer is:

shrike

(Other definitions for shrike that I've seen before include "Songbird with a heavy hooked bill" , "Butcherbird" , "Butcher bird" , "Predatory songbird" , "Shriek like kind of bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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