whinchat

whinchat
/hwin"chat', win"-/, n.
a small Old World thrush, Saxicola rubetra, having a buff-colored breast and white streaks in the tail.
[1670-80; WHIN + CHAT]

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bird
      (Saxicola rubetra), Eurasian thrush named for its habitat: swampy meadows, called, in England, whins. This species, 13 centimetres (5 inches) long, one of the chat-thrush group (family Turdidae, order Passeriformes), is brown-streaked above and buffy below, with white patches on the eyebrows, wings, and tail. It has flycatcher-like habits and a brief, metallic song.

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