yellow-rumped warbler

[yel-oh-ruhmpt]

noun

1. a common North American wood warbler, Dendroica coronata, having yellow spots on the rump, crown, and sides, including a white-throated eastern subspecies myrtle warbler and a yellow-throated western subspecies Audubon's warbler.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yellow-rumped warbler¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

The yellow-rumped warbler is a migratory songbird that spends its winters in Los Angeles.

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The most common type found was the palm warbler, of which there were more than 300, followed by the yellow-rumped warbler.

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I think what we had were a black and white warbler, a black-throated green warbler, a yellow-rumped warbler and an American redstart.

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Kai noted two red-tailed hawks soaring above the building line along Central Park West, then abruptly stopped midsentence and peered through his binoculars at a yellow-bellied sapsucker and then at a yellow-rumped warbler.

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Though it is overexposed in the light, we detect a smear of black at its chest and a distinctive pattern on its tail: a male yellow-rumped warbler.

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