willow warbler

noun

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

Origin of willow warbler

First recorded in 1840–50

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The willow-warbler is a rather larger bird with a tinge of yellow in his plumage.
Birds in Flight
W. P. Pycraft
Three other tantalizing little members of this numerous tribe are the chiff-chaff, willow-warbler, and wood-warbler.
Birds in Flight
W. P. Pycraft
Ornithologists seem well agreed that the Willow-warbler's food consists entirely of insects.
British Birds in their Haunts
Rev. C. A. Johns

British Dictionary definitions for willow warbler

willow warbler

noun

an Old World warbler, Phylloscopus trochilis, of Eurasian woodlands

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