palm warbler

American  

noun

1. a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.

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Etymology

Origin of palm warbler

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

The most common type found was the palm warbler, of which there were more than 300, followed by the yellow-rumped warbler.

From New York Times

At Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, I stretched my legs in a native hardwood forest alongside bird-watchers who could identify a palm warbler just by its call, before hitting the bustling Fish House restaurant trimmed in strings of tiki- and flamingo-shaped lights.

From New York Times

Walking through the Locust Grove, he spied a tufted titmouse, and from the ramparts of Belvedere Castle he spotted through his binoculars a common grackle and a palm warbler.

From New York Times

Another of spring’s earliest arrivals, a palm warbler, flitted from branch to bare branch, tail bobbing, and keeping me at a comfortable distance while a mourning cloak butterfly tried to drive me off its trail.

From New York Times

It was early enough for any ambitious bird to sing, but there were few song-birds in the gardens—a palm warbler or two, and a pair of subdued mocking-birds not inclined to be tuneful.

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