whinchat

[ hwin-chat, win- ]

noun

1. a small Old World thrush, Saxicola rubetra, having a buff-colored breast and white streaks in the tail.

whinchat

/ ˈwɪnˌtʃæt /

noun

1. an Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, having a mottled brown-and-white plumage with pale cream underparts: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)

Word History and Origins

Origin of whinchat¹

First recorded in 1670–80; whin + chat

Word History and Origins

Origin of whinchat¹

C17: from whin ¹+ chat ¹

Example Sentences

The Whinchat may be distinguished at a considerable distance by the white streak over the eye.

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The same is true of the Whinchat, and one would scarcely expect to find this bird attacking Buntings as it sometimes does.

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The redstart and nightingale are most subject to this; it sometimes also happens to the fauvette, and also to the whinchat.

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It is not so tender as the whinchat, some few of them occasionally stopping in this country all the winter.

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Incidentally we may remark that the Whinchat is also a frequenter of the gorse coverts and the moorlands.

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