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

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cerulean warbler

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

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

In his role as conservationist, he succeeds in persuading an oil billionaire to fund a nature reserve which will preserve the cerulean warbler, the fastest-declining songbird in North America.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2010

The cerulean warbler is a rare wood warbler that breeds in Eastern forests but winters in the tropics.

From Washington Post