Kentucky warbler

American  

noun

1. a wood warbler, Oporornis formosus, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and marked with black on the face.

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Etymology

Origin of Kentucky warbler

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

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Kentucky warbler

Combined waterfowl populations have increased by 37 million in the Prairie Pothole Region since 1990, even as forest birds like the Kentucky warbler and grassland birds like the bobolink have been in prolonged decline.

From Slate ● May 10, 2018

Official state bird: northern cardinal Kentucky warbler Courtesy of Don R. Faulkner 18.

From Slate ● May 17, 2013

One of the most delightful of these hermits is the Kentucky warbler.

From Our Bird Comrades by Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser

The Kentucky warbler is a large bird for the genus and quite notable in appearance.

From Wake-Robin by John Burroughs

I have observed the black and white creeping warbler, the Kentucky warbler, the worm-eating warbler, the redstart, and the gnatcatcher, breeding near Rock Creek.

From Wake-Robin by John Burroughs