willow warbler

American  

noun

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

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willow warbler British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of willow warbler

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Yet many species, including the cuckoo and the willow warbler, are declining in southern Britain as the climate warms.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023

He was the first person to identify the chiffchaff, willow warbler and woodwarbler as three distinct species based on their songs.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2018

From one of the topmost boughs of an elm there fell the song of a willow warbler for awhile; one of the least of birds, he often seeks the highest branches of the highest tree.

From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard