wheatear

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Any of several flycatchers of the genus Oenanthe primarily of Eurasia and Africa, having a gray back, buff breast, and white rump.

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An ear of wheat.

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A chat of the genus Saxicola, Saxicola œnanthe, the stone-chat, fallow-finch, or whitetail, an oscine passerine bird abundant in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and found sparingly in North America.

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A small European singing bird (Saxicola œnanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.

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Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects.

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small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump