palm warbler

noun

1. a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.

Word History and Origins

Origin of palm warbler¹

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

At Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, I stretched my legs in a native hardwood forest alongside bird-watchers who could identify a palm warbler just by its call, before hitting the bustling Fish House restaurant trimmed in strings of tiki- and flamingo-shaped lights.

From New York Times

Walking through the Locust Grove, he spied a tufted titmouse, and from the ramparts of Belvedere Castle he spotted through his binoculars a common grackle and a palm warbler.

From New York Times

Another of spring’s earliest arrivals, a palm warbler, flitted from branch to bare branch, tail bobbing, and keeping me at a comfortable distance while a mourning cloak butterfly tried to drive me off its trail.

From New York Times

It was early enough for any ambitious bird to sing, but there were few song-birds in the gardens—a palm warbler or two, and a pair of subdued mocking-birds not inclined to be tuneful.

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