willow warbler

noun

1. any of several usually grayish-green leaf warblers, especially Phylloscopus trochilus, of Europe.

willow warbler

noun

1. an Old World warbler, Phylloscopus trochilis, of Eurasian woodlands

Word History and Origins

Origin of willow warbler¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The willow-warbler is a rather larger bird with a tinge of yellow in his plumage.

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Ornithologists seem well agreed that the Willow-warbler's food consists entirely of insects.

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The nest of the willow warbler, to which I have referred, is a kind of thatched cottage upholstered with feathers.

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Recently I had an opportunity of observing the intrusion of a male Willow-Warbler upon ground already occupied.

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The song of the willow warbler has a dying fall; no other bird-song is so touching in this respect.

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