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

Many bird species have also been observed on the site, including the curlew, wigeon, skylark, warbler, ringed plover, and whinchat.

From The Verge

The phrase means a cold, or sickly, person and derives from the whinchat bird, known locally as the winnard, which migrates in winter to warmer places.

From BBC

There were stonechats and whinchats then as now.

From Project Gutenberg

So I believe would the whinchat, but I have no practical knowledge of either as pets.

From Project Gutenberg

Trade, cotton, were the mud Upon the whinchat’s claws containing seeds Of liberties to be, and carried forth In mid seas of the future to sunny isles, More blest than ours.

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