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

Georgia’s Jekyll Island, once the seasonal playground of the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers, offers a refuge to the northern parula, the magnolia warbler and other birds.

From New York Times

The Eastern-breeding magnolia warbler, for example, spends winters in areas in the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America that are fractions of the size of its breeding range.

From Salon

Breeding, migration and winter abundance of the magnolia warbler based on computer models using eBird data.

From Salon

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

“Magnolia warbler,” she tells a video camera set against a hole at the shed’s entrance.

From Washington Times