pine warbler

noun

1. a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pine warbler¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

“In 2015, I had great blue heron, red-bellied woodpecker, American crow, American robin, brown thrasher, northern parula, pine warbler, yellow-throated warbler, chipping sparrow, white-throated sparrow.”

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The pine warbler’s call sounds similar but is faster and more melodic, Ryley said.

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The plant helps support the pine warbler and rare butterflies and other insects.

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And even so simple and definite a thing as the pine warbler's song may be varied by the individual singer from time to time.

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Whereupon the pine warbler sang again, the same trill but with a tittering twang about it that just jocosely imitated the flicker.

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