prairie warbler

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of prairie warbler¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the low-lying grassy habitat is home to two species of “special concern,” the prairie warbler and eastern towhee.

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

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

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A possible explanation of this phenomenon seems to lie in the much greater abundance of the Prairie Warbler in comparison to that of the Bell Vireo.

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Scrubby second growths, hillsides with scattered cedars and barberries, and, sometimes, bushy places in the pines are the haunts of the miscalled Prairie Warbler.

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