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whinchat (ˈhwɪntʃæt) [f. whin1 + chat n.2] A small European bird, Pratincola rubetra, closely allied to the stonechat. Also called locally furze-chat, gorse-chat.1678 Ray Willughby's Ornith. 234 The Whin-chat,..In bigness it scarce exceeds a Wagtail... The Anthus or Florus of Aristotle..differs from...
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Whinchat
The whinchat is a solitary species, favouring open grassy country with rough vegetation and scattered small shrubs. Behaviour and ecology
The whinchat is a largely solitary bird though it may form small family groups in autumn.
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undotted
unˈdotted, ppl. a. (un-1 8.)1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 101 Pinnated resinous undotted leaves. 1891 Science-Gossip XXVII. 95/1 The stonechat and whinchat seem to have dotted and undotted eggs with almost equal frequency.
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Siberian stonechat
Males in winter plumage are intermediate between summer males and females, with a supercilium resembling the whinchat (S. rubetra); from this species and In this, it closely resembles the whinchat, which like S. maurus is adapted to long-distance migrations.
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Canary Islands stonechat
Description
The Canary Islands stonechat is intermediate in appearance between the European stonechat and the whinchat; its body size and shape reminiscent Its upperparts are generally coloured as the whinchat, but more contrasting, dark brown with a blackish head and back streaks.
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tec-tec
‖ tec-tec [? from its note.] A species of whinchat (Pratincola sybilla) found in some of the islands off the E. coast of Africa.1886 H. A. Webster in Encycl. Brit. XX. 492/2 (Réunion) Among the more familiar birds are the ‘oiseau de la vierge’ (Muscipeta borbonica), the tec-tec (Pratincola sybilla).
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Loch Ardinning
Muirhouse Muir is the largest area of muir in the surrounding area, and provides a habitat for bird species such as curlew, snipe, red grouse, linnet, whinchat
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West Sedgemoor
Breeding birds include snipe, lapwing, redshank, curlew, water rail, yellow wagtail and whinchat.
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Plasmodium homonucleophilum
svecica), the great tit (Parus major), the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), the little crake (Porzana parva), the water rail (Rallus aquaticus), the whinchat
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Grimwith Reservoir
that can be seen at various times in the area include ringed plover, northern lapwing, common redshank, Eurasian curlew, reed bunting, lesser redpoll, whinchat
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Pillar and Ennerdale Fells
Breeding birds on Pillar and Ennerdale Fells include buzzard, peregrine falcon, merlin, raven, wheatear, whinchat, ring ouzel and red grouse.
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Allerthorpe Common
Birds that breed here include the nightjar, tree pipit and whinchat.
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Colt Crag Reservoir
The rough grassland adjacent to the site provides ideal breeding habitat for the cuckoo, meadow pipit, whinchat, and wheatear.
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Summerfields Wood
Birds include firecrest, whinchat, ring ouzel, wood warbler, spotted flycatcher and pied flycatcher.
References
Local Nature Reserves in East Sussex
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South Exmoor SSSI
The heaths have strong breeding populations of whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) and European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola). northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe
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