bontrokkie, noun
- Forms:
- Also bontrockie, bontrokje.
obs.
The stonechat, Saxicola torquata of the Turdidae.
1902 J.D.F. Gilchrist in Trans. of S. Afr. Philological Soc. XI. iv. 221 (Pettman)The name Bontrok..is perhaps derived from some supposed resemblance to the Bontrokje, a species of stonechat.
1923 Haagner & Ivy Sketches of S. Afr. Bird-Life 26The Bontrockie may be found flitting about the banks of a spruit (stream) or perching on the ant-heaps and stones of the open veld.
The stonechat, Saxicola torquata of the Turdidae.
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