Wilson's warbler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Wilson's warbler
1900–05, Wilson's storm petrel
Example Sentences
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Birds that will be renamed include Wilson's warbler and Wilson's snipe, both named after 19th Century naturalist Alexander Wilson.
From BBC
Birds that will be renamed include those currently called Wilson’s warbler and Wilson’s snipe, both named after the 19th century naturalist Alexander Wilson.
From Seattle Times
Walking around the ancient spruce this summer, DellaSala heard the songs of the birds he began studying three decades ago: the single, melodious note of the varied thrush, the high, three-part tweet of a Pacific-slope flycatcher and the rapid-fire, descending chatter of a Wilson’s warbler.
From Washington Post
They nab the wigeon and a Wilson's Warbler at the next two stops, bringing them to 191.
From Scientific American
They found just two species, the Wilson's warbler and the hermit warbler, whose populations have declined as temperatures have climbed.
From Scientific American
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