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churr
▪ I. churr, n. [f. churr v.] 1. A deep or low trilled or whirring sound made by some birds, etc.1837 Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 404 A few mellow notes..intermixed at times with a sort of stifled scream or churr. 1856 Dobell Lyrics in War Time, Milkm. Song, Churr, churr! goes the cockchafer. 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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Long-billed pipit
Its song is like that of the tawny pipit, but slower and more varied, sri...churr...sri...churr…sri..churr. wikipedia.org
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eve-churr
ˈeve-churr Also 7 -churre, 8 -chair, -chier, -chur. [f. eve n.1 + churr: see churr-worm.] † 1. The Mole-Cricket; also called churr-worm, fen-cricket. ? Obs.1658 Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1018 Of the Fen-Kricket, the Eve-churre, or the Chur-worm..we may call it Gryllotalpa; a Mole-kricket. 1668 Wi... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ancash tapaculo
Vocalization The Ancash tapaculo's song is a "churr" note repeated for 30 or more seconds . The scold call is also a "churr", but longer and dryer than those of the song . wikipedia.org
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churr-worm
ˈchurr-worm [See quot. 1868. But Bailey and others explained the name f. OE. cierran, cyrran to turn, ‘because it turneth quick about’.] A local name of the Mole-Cricket.1668 Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §2. 124. 1726 Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), Eve-Churr or Churr-Worm, a kind of Insect. 1868 Wood Homes witho... Oxford English Dictionary
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Gray vireo
The song is hu-wee, chu-wee, che-weet, chee, ch-churr-weet, churr, schray. wikipedia.org
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churn-owl
ˈchurn-owl Obs. exc. dial. [app. a corruption of churr-owl: see churr n. and v.] The Goatsucker or Night-Jar; called also Jarr Owl.1674 Ray Eng. Birds 83 Churn-owl, Fern Owl or Goat sucker, Caprimulgus. 1769 G. White Selborne xxii. (1789) 62 One of these churn-owls came and settled on the cross of t... Oxford English Dictionary
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White-browed tapaculo
Vocalization The white-browed tapaculo's song is "a single burred note...followed after short pause by drawn-out descending “churr”..., repeated for several wikipedia.org
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Cerro Castillo National Park
area are the Andean condor and black-chested buzzard eagles in the mountains, and austral parakeets, thorn-tailed rayaditos, Magellanic woodpeckers, churrín wikipedia.org
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nightjar
ˈnightjar [f. night n. + jar n.1] 1. A common nocturnal bird, Caprimulgus europæus (see goatsucker), so called from the peculiar whirring noise, something like that of a large spinning wheel, which the male makes during the period of incubation. Similar names are night-churr (cf. Norw. dial. nattekö... Oxford English Dictionary
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Red-rumped wheatear
song, given by both sexes, seems to vary geographically from a harsher chattering song in the west to a more melodious. pleasant and repetitive "twee-churr-urr-urr wikipedia.org
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jur
▪ I. † jur, v. Obs. Also 7 jurre. [Echoic: cf. jar v.1 and churr v.] intr. To butt with (or as with) the horns or head. Said of a ram, a battering-ram, etc. Hence ˈjurring vbl. n.1600 Holland Livy xxxvii. xxxii. 963 By that time..the [battering] ramme was jurring also at the other part. 1601 ― Pliny... Oxford English Dictionary
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Speckle-throated woodpecker
Among its calls in Tanzania are "wi-wi-wi-wi-wi and a short churr." wikipedia.org
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lizardly
lizardly, a. rare1. (ˈlɪzədlɪ) [f. lizard + -ly1.] Resembling a lizard.1883 G. M. Fenn Sweet Mace I. xi. 205 That long, lanky, lizardly fellow, Abel Churr. Oxford English Dictionary
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Collared crescentchest
Its call is "a penetrating churr" . Status The IUCN has assessed the collared crescentchest as being of Least Concern. wikipedia.org
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