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

“For the song sparrow, red-winged blackbird and yellow warbler, we got a similar rate of detections from our recordings as from the ground,” he says.

From Nature • Aug. 28, 2016

She does not build so beautiful a nest as the yellow warbler, but like her she, too, poor thing, sometimes suffers from the sneaking visits of the cowbird.

From Birds Every Child Should Know by Blanchan, Neltje