stonechatn.
/ˈstəʊntʃat/, U.S. /ˈstoʊnˌtʃæt/ A small bird, Pratincola (or Saxicola) rubicola, inhabiting heaths, commons, etc. in Britain and various parts of Europe. (Also called stonechat warbler.) Also improperly applied to several allied species, as the whinchat, P. rubetra, and the wheatear, S. œnanthe. Also, with defining word, applied to other species.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Saxicola > saxicola rubetra (whinchat)
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
whinchat1678
stonechat1783
stone-chatter1783
grasschat1805
furze-chat1839
tick1848
stone-chacker1853
furze-hacker1862
fur chuck1885
stone-clink1885
tec-tec1886
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Saxicola > saxicola torquata (stonechat)
moortetter1544
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
moor-titling1676
stonechat1783
stone-chatter1783
stone-chacker1853
moor-tit1885
stone-clink1885
1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. i. 448 Stone-Chat..Motacilla rubicola.
1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 233 (heading) The Stonechat, Stone-Smit[c]h, Moor Titling.
1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. 709 Stone-chat Warbler. (Sylvia Rubicola.)
1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 279 Fruticicola Rubicola. The Black-headed Bushchat. Stonechat. Stonesmich. Stonechatter.
1865 A. L. Adams in Pop. Science Rev. IV. 326 A good many stone-chats spend the winter in Britain.
a1867 C. J. Andersson Notes Birds Damara Land (1872) 120 Pratincola torquata (Linn.). South-African Stonechat.
1873 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) V. 573/2 The pied stone-chat (Saxicola picata) may be seen hopping about in the Dekhan.
Derivatives
Also called steinchek n., stone-smatch n., etc.† stone-check n. Obsolete
stone-chacker n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > oenanthe oenanthe (wheatear)
arlingc1000
clot-bird1544
smatch1544
steinchek1544
wheatear1591
whitetail1611
fallow-smiter1666
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
chucka1682
horse-match1736
stone-chatter1783
white-rump1795
snorter1802
clodhopper1834
stone-chacker1853
horse-masher1885
stone-clink1885
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Saxicola > saxicola rubetra (whinchat)
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
whinchat1678
stonechat1783
stone-chatter1783
grasschat1805
furze-chat1839
tick1848
stone-chacker1853
furze-hacker1862
fur chuck1885
stone-clink1885
tec-tec1886
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Saxicola > saxicola torquata (stonechat)
moortetter1544
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
moor-titling1676
stonechat1783
stone-chatter1783
stone-chacker1853
moor-tit1885
stone-clink1885
1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 170 Wheatear. Fallow~chat. White-tail. Stone-chacker.
stone-chatter n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > oenanthe oenanthe (wheatear)
arlingc1000
clot-bird1544
smatch1544
steinchek1544
wheatear1591
whitetail1611
fallow-smiter1666
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
chucka1682
horse-match1736
stone-chatter1783
white-rump1795
snorter1802
clodhopper1834
stone-chacker1853
horse-masher1885
stone-clink1885
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Saxicola > saxicola rubetra (whinchat)
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
whinchat1678
stonechat1783
stone-chatter1783
grasschat1805
furze-chat1839
tick1848
stone-chacker1853
furze-hacker1862
fur chuck1885
stone-clink1885
tec-tec1886
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Saxicola > saxicola torquata (stonechat)
moortetter1544
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
moor-titling1676
stonechat1783
stone-chatter1783
stone-chacker1853
moor-tit1885
stone-clink1885
1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. i. 450 I have ever thought it exactly imitating the clicking of two stones together, one being held in each hand. If others have thought the same, it will easily account for the reason of its being called the Stone-Chatter.
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 145 The Stonechatter, although an insignificant little bird, is prized by lovers of curious eating.
stone-chatterer n.
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1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. Iv Qualis est auicula Anglis stonchattera, aut mortettera dicta.
1823 A. Small Rom. Antiq. Fife 235 The little light blue bird called the Stone-chatterer, from its delighting to be amongst, and building its nest under stones.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > oenanthe oenanthe (wheatear)
arlingc1000
clot-bird1544
smatch1544
steinchek1544
wheatear1591
whitetail1611
fallow-smiter1666
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
chucka1682
horse-match1736
stone-chatter1783
white-rump1795
snorter1802
clodhopper1834
stone-chacker1853
horse-masher1885
stone-clink1885
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Saxicola > saxicola rubetra (whinchat)
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
whinchat1678
stonechat1783
stone-chatter1783
grasschat1805
furze-chat1839
tick1848
stone-chacker1853
furze-hacker1862
fur chuck1885
stone-clink1885
tec-tec1886
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Saxicola > saxicola torquata (stonechat)
moortetter1544
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
moor-titling1676
stonechat1783
stone-chatter1783
stone-chacker1853
moor-tit1885
stone-clink1885
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 88 Cæruleo, the Clot-bird, Smatch, or Stone-Check.
stone-clink n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > oenanthe oenanthe (wheatear)
arlingc1000
clot-bird1544
smatch1544
steinchek1544
wheatear1591
whitetail1611
fallow-smiter1666
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
chucka1682
horse-match1736
stone-chatter1783
white-rump1795
snorter1802
clodhopper1834
stone-chacker1853
horse-masher1885
stone-clink1885
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Saxicola > saxicola rubetra (whinchat)
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
whinchat1678
stonechat1783
stone-chatter1783
grasschat1805
furze-chat1839
tick1848
stone-chacker1853
furze-hacker1862
fur chuck1885
stone-clink1885
tec-tec1886
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Saxicola > saxicola torquata (stonechat)
moortetter1544
stone-check1668
stone-smatch1668
moor-titling1676
stonechat1783
stone-chatter1783
stone-chacker1853
moor-tit1885
stone-clink1885
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 11 Stonechat..Stone clink; Chickstone.
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