Definition of whinchat in English:

whinchat

noun ˈwɪntʃatˈwɪnˌtʃæt

A small Eurasian and North African songbird related to the stonechat, with a brown back and orange-buff underparts.
Saxicola rubetra, family Turdidae
Example sentencesExamples
- Where a cover of bracken is found, it provides nesting cover for other bird species, particularly whinchats and wheatears.
- The bulk of the whinchats pass through Mersea from mid-August to mid-September and in the previous years there has been the occasional double figure count in some parts of the Island.
- Fri Aug 24, 2007 11: 25 am Post subject: local patch hello, I've just been for a walk and had a great morning in the field next to my house, I've seen lots but I'm not sure whether 2 birds in my field are whinchats of female stonechats, if they were stonechats, there is no sign of a male, What do you think?
- Also noteworthy was that at least 10 of the red-backed shrikes, one of the lesser greys and both the wagtails and whinchats were taking advantage of the extensive new Presidential Palace Hotel lawns.
- Insect life is increasing rapidly, encouraging birds such as snipe, curlew, grasshopper warbler, sedge warbler, and whinchat.
- Evidence of breeding for both wheatears and whinchats would be particularly welcomed by the County Recorder!
- The whinchat is a summer visitor and passage migrant.
- Plenty stonechats, whinchats, wheatear, both adults and young were abundant in numbers.
- I'd go with the whinchat too, and female rather than male also.

Origin

Late 17th century: from whin¹ + chat².

Definition of whinchat in US English:

whinchat

nounˈwɪnˌtʃætˈwinˌCHat

A small Eurasian and North African songbird related to the stonechat, with a brown back and orange-buff underparts.
Saxicola rubetra, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae
Example sentencesExamples
- The whinchat is a summer visitor and passage migrant.
- Also noteworthy was that at least 10 of the red-backed shrikes, one of the lesser greys and both the wagtails and whinchats were taking advantage of the extensive new Presidential Palace Hotel lawns.
- Fri Aug 24, 2007 11: 25 am Post subject: local patch hello, I've just been for a walk and had a great morning in the field next to my house, I've seen lots but I'm not sure whether 2 birds in my field are whinchats of female stonechats, if they were stonechats, there is no sign of a male, What do you think?
- The bulk of the whinchats pass through Mersea from mid-August to mid-September and in the previous years there has been the occasional double figure count in some parts of the Island.
- Evidence of breeding for both wheatears and whinchats would be particularly welcomed by the County Recorder!
- Insect life is increasing rapidly, encouraging birds such as snipe, curlew, grasshopper warbler, sedge warbler, and whinchat.
- I'd go with the whinchat too, and female rather than male also.
- Plenty stonechats, whinchats, wheatear, both adults and young were abundant in numbers.
- Where a cover of bracken is found, it provides nesting cover for other bird species, particularly whinchats and wheatears.

Origin

Late 17th century: from whin + chat.

单词	whinchat
释义	Definition of whinchat in English: whinchat noun ˈwɪntʃatˈwɪnˌtʃæt A small Eurasian and North African songbird related to the stonechat, with a brown back and orange-buff underparts. Saxicola rubetra, family Turdidae Example sentencesExamples Where a cover of bracken is found, it provides nesting cover for other bird species, particularly whinchats and wheatears. The bulk of the whinchats pass through Mersea from mid-August to mid-September and in the previous years there has been the occasional double figure count in some parts of the Island. Fri Aug 24, 2007 11: 25 am Post subject: local patch hello, I've just been for a walk and had a great morning in the field next to my house, I've seen lots but I'm not sure whether 2 birds in my field are whinchats of female stonechats, if they were stonechats, there is no sign of a male, What do you think? Also noteworthy was that at least 10 of the red-backed shrikes, one of the lesser greys and both the wagtails and whinchats were taking advantage of the extensive new Presidential Palace Hotel lawns. Insect life is increasing rapidly, encouraging birds such as snipe, curlew, grasshopper warbler, sedge warbler, and whinchat. Evidence of breeding for both wheatears and whinchats would be particularly welcomed by the County Recorder! The whinchat is a summer visitor and passage migrant. Plenty stonechats, whinchats, wheatear, both adults and young were abundant in numbers. I'd go with the whinchat too, and female rather than male also. Origin Late 17th century: from whin¹ + chat². Definition of whinchat in US English: whinchat nounˈwɪnˌtʃætˈwinˌCHat A small Eurasian and North African songbird related to the stonechat, with a brown back and orange-buff underparts. Saxicola rubetra, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae Example sentencesExamples The whinchat is a summer visitor and passage migrant. Also noteworthy was that at least 10 of the red-backed shrikes, one of the lesser greys and both the wagtails and whinchats were taking advantage of the extensive new Presidential Palace Hotel lawns. Fri Aug 24, 2007 11: 25 am Post subject: local patch hello, I've just been for a walk and had a great morning in the field next to my house, I've seen lots but I'm not sure whether 2 birds in my field are whinchats of female stonechats, if they were stonechats, there is no sign of a male, What do you think? The bulk of the whinchats pass through Mersea from mid-August to mid-September and in the previous years there has been the occasional double figure count in some parts of the Island. Evidence of breeding for both wheatears and whinchats would be particularly welcomed by the County Recorder! Insect life is increasing rapidly, encouraging birds such as snipe, curlew, grasshopper warbler, sedge warbler, and whinchat. I'd go with the whinchat too, and female rather than male also. Plenty stonechats, whinchats, wheatear, both adults and young were abundant in numbers. Where a cover of bracken is found, it provides nesting cover for other bird species, particularly whinchats and wheatears. Origin Late 17th century: from whin + chat.
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