magnolia warbler

American  

noun

1. a black and yellow wood warbler, Dendroica magnolia, of North America.

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Etymology

Origin of magnolia warbler

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

It’s a hard heart that inures to seeing a magnolia warbler, but a gray catbird changes the dynamic, cranking out its full rebuke before Sarver can even get it out of the bag.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2018

This white-throated sparrow, yellow-bellied sapsucker, magnolia warbler and their 10 companions are colored by spray paint, not feathers.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2015

The American red-start comes to our very feet, the yellow warbler, the Tennessee warbler, the red-eyed vireo, and the magnolia warbler, which last, a young Cree tells us, is "High-Chief-of-all-the-small-birds."

From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans