prairie warbler

American  

noun

1. an eastern North American wood warbler, Dendroica discolor, olive-green above, yellow below, and striped with black on the face and sides.

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Etymology

Origin of prairie warbler

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

The prairie warbler prefers grasslands and shrubs, and in migration, “they like scrubby habitat,” he says.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2018

He opens one and shows DeGroote a prairie warbler, an almost fully brilliant yellow bird flecked in black.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2018

At that moment, as if to confirm my conjecture,—which in the retrospect becomes almost ridiculous,—a prairie warbler hopped into sight on an outer twig of the water-oak out of which the music had proceeded.

From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford

He taught me Bewick's wren and the prairie warbler, and I taught him the swamp sparrow and one of the rarer warblers; I think it was the pine warbler.

From Under the Maples by Burroughs, John

Then the tone changes, and the remainder of the song is in something like the pleasingly hoarse voice of a prairie warbler, or a black-throated green.

From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford