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

Example Sentences

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

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

From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John

Presently a male Kentucky warbler appeared with a couple of large worms in his beak, and I made up my mind to find his nest if perseverance could accomplish that object.

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

In another hollow, on the same day, I watched a Kentucky warbler flitting about with a worm in her bill.

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