Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
   whins.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A small warbler ({Pratincola rubetra}) common in Europe; --
   called also {whinchacker}, {whincheck}, {whin-clocharet}.

Source : WordNet®

whinchat
     n : brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn: {Saxicola
         rubetra}]