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brown rock chat en · NOUN
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A bird species, Oenanthe fusca, found in northern and central India; an individual of this species.
From the housetops the brown rock-chat begins to pour forth his exceedingly sweet lay.
1916, Douglas Dewar, A Bird Calendar for Northern India, page 35: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.
2022 August, Gargi Mishra, “A chatting rockstar”, in Gobar Times, page 3:
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animal · rock chat · bird · creature