warbler
Americannoun
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a person or thing that warbles
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any small active passerine songbird of the Old World subfamily Sylviinae: family Muscicapidae. They have a cryptic plumage and slender bill and are arboreal insectivores
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Also called: wood warbler. any small bird of the American family Parulidae, similar to the Old World forms but often brightly coloured
Etymology
Origin of warbler
Example Sentences
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The yellow-rumped warbler is a migratory songbird that spends its winters in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025
Native reptiles and birds, including the Be’er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard, the pin-tailed sandgrouse and the spectacled warbler, are now fall easy prey for crows and jays perched in the tree branches.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024
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 • Jun. 18, 2024
The U.S. government removed 21 species from the endangered species list because they are now considered extinct, including the Little Mariana fruit bat, the Bachman’s warbler, and several species of birds, mussels, and fish.
From National Geographic • Dec. 15, 2023
“What is it you really want to know? Is it safe in the woods for three children who howl at the moon? Safe for a scared governess who doesn’t know a warbler from a nuthatch?”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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