brown rock chat

English

a brown rock chat in Uttar Pradesh

Noun

brown rock chat (plural brown rock chats)

1. A bird species, Oenanthe fusca, found in northern and central India
   • 1916, Douglas Dewar, A Bird Calendar for Northern India, page 35:

     From the housetops the brown rock-chat begins to pour forth his exceedingly sweet lay.

   • 2022 August, Gargi Mishra, “A chatting rockstar”, in Gobar Times, page 3:

     Finally, it was this early-riser’s vivid avian call—melodious songs with multiple notes like those of a thrush—which left us spellbound. […] Hence, we were compelled to rediscover this special guest—the quintessential Brown Rock Chat or, simply, the Indian Chat.

See also

• rock chat