stonechat

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noun

Any of various small Old World passerine birds of the genus Saxicola that feed on insects.

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Saxicola torquata
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Meanings

nounstonechat (plural stonechats)

plural stonechats

  1. Any of various small Old World passerine birds of the genus Saxicola that feed on insects.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncommon European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast

Similar
Saxicola torquata
Broader
Old World chatchat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From stone + chat.

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Translations

Bulgarian ливадарче
  • ливадарче (livadarče)bird
Catalan bitxac
  • bitxacbird
Finnish pensastasku
  • pensastaskubird
French tarier, traquet
  • tarierbird
  • traquetbird
  • saxicolebird
German Schwarzkehlchen
  • Schwarzkehlchenbird
Hungarian cigánycsuk
  • cigánycsukbird
Irish bod ar dris, caislín cloch
  • bod ar drisbird
  • caislín clochbird
  • clochránbird
  • caislín deargbird
  • Donncha an chaipínbird
  • Máirín an triúisbird
Italian saltimpalo
  • saltimpalobird
Polish kląskawka
  • kląskawkabird
Portuguese cartaxo
  • cartaxobird
Romanian mărăcinar
  • mărăcinarbird
Russian чека́н
  • чека́н (čekán)bird
Scottish Gaelic clacharan, clachairean
  • clacharanbird
  • clachaireanbird
Slovak pŕhľaviar
  • pŕhľaviarbird
Spanish tarabilla
  • tarabillabird
Swedish buskskvätta
  • buskskvättabird
Turkish kuyrukkakan, taş kuşu
  • kuyrukkakanbird
  • taş kuşubird
Ukrainian трав'янка
  • трав'янка (travʺjanka)bird
Cite this entry
APA

stonechat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonechat

MLA

“stonechat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonechat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stonechat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonechat.

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