Definition of Saxicola rubetra

1. Noun. Brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows.

Exact synonyms: Whinchat
Generic synonyms: Chat, Old World Chat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saxicola Rubetra

Savoyard
Savoyards
Savoys
Savva
Sawan
Sawney
Sawneys
Sawyer
Saxbe fix
Saxe
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Saxe-gothea
Saxe-gothea conspicua
Saxegothea
Saxicola
Saxicola rubetra
Saxicola torquata
Saxifraga aizoides
Saxifraga granulata
Saxifraga hypnoides
Saxifraga occidentalis
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Saxifraga sarmentosam
Saxifraga stellaris
Saxifraga stolonifera
Saxifragaceae
Saxo Grammaticus
Saxon
Saxon blue
Saxondom

Literary usage of Saxicola rubetra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds by George Montagu, James Rennie (1831)
"... America and Bengal, which were in every respect the same as those killed in Europe.* WHINCHAT (saxicola rubetra, BECHSTEIN.) •saxicola rubetra, Metier ..."

2. The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History by Edward Newman (1844)
""To the whin-chat (saxicola rubetra), which is annually becoming less frequent in this neighbourhood, I may add the sedge-warbler (Locustella ..."

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