yellow warbler

American  

noun

1. a small American warbler, Dendroica petechia, the male of which has yellow plumage streaked with brown on the underparts.

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Etymology

Origin of yellow warbler

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

A River Partners analysis of the property found species including riparian woodrat, Swainson’s hawk, least Bell’s vireo, yellow warbler, sandhill crane and “an entire suite of neotropical migratory songbirds.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

The riparian brush rabbit, chinook salmon, steelhead trout, the yellow warbler, and the sandhill crane are among the species that call Dos Rios home.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2022

One target, the yellow warbler, has a special call to warn egg-warming females when cowbirds are casing the area.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 15, 2021

“I never walk without my binoculars,” Carrie told me later that evening as we headed to the motel’s cafe for a beer, spotting a bright yellow warbler working an eye-level canopy of mesquite tree blossoms.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2021

A yellow warbler sang from a little clump of elder-bushes, tinkling out his contented song like a chime of tiny bells, "Sweet—sweet—sweet—sweeter—sweeter—sweetest!"

From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Van Dyke, Henry