The eastern shriketit forages unobtrusively, either in pairs or small groups in the canopy of trees, levering up and tearing bark with its strong bill to reveal prey of spiders, beetles and insect larvae. As an avian example of tool-use, it has been observed holding a twig in its bill and poking it into a crevice to obtain concealed insects., cited in Kirwan et al., Birds of the World
