cerulean warbler

American  

noun

1. a North American wood warbler, Dendroica cerulea, the male of which is blue above and white below.

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Etymology

Origin of cerulean warbler

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

Two other contracts paid far less, but Cobb undertook them because he knew they would benefit the cerulean warbler, a migratory songbird whose population has declined 70% in the past 40 years.

From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2020

Migratory birds such as the cerulean warbler come to Appalachian forests to breed.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2020

The birds are the subject of a passage in Freedom, a book that has a cerulean warbler adorning its cover.

From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2018

Elsewhere, Audubon himself is rendered in flesh tones and with mutton-chop sideburns, staring curiously at a cerulean warbler on his shoulder with neither his rifle nor palette at hand.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2017

Mr. Sanford, an early participant, contributed a cerulean warbler, perched on John James Audubon’s shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2015