If you think it was called butcher bird because of its abilities, you are wrong. Focke-Wulf gave all (or at least most) of their planes nicknames, all of them birds. For example Fw 44 Stieglitz – goldfinch, Fw 56 Stösser – sparrow hawk, Fw 58 Weihe – harrier, Fw 187 Falke – falcon [hawk], Fw 189 Uhu – eagle owl, Fw 200 Kondor – condor, several others, and last but not least Fw 190 Würger – shrike or butcher bird.

Michael

No not wrong. Just as it was known as the Butcher Bird.

Mike