Wheatear
n.
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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