blackpoll warbler

[ blak-pohl ]

noun

1. a North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the adult male of which has the top of the head black.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blackpoll warbler¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; black + poll ¹

Example Sentences

One bird — the blackpoll warbler — hopscotches from Alaska to Long Island, and there pauses to bulk up.

From Washington Post

American birds fascinated me: the robin that hunted for earthworms by listening for their tunneling; the blackpoll warbler and its mammoth migration.

From New York Times

Ms. Morales Rozo has been studying the blackpoll warbler, a species that migrates between the Amazon and Canada; she was part of a group that recently compared museum specimens and field-caught birds and learned that the warbler’s northward range had shifted by nearly 400 miles in 45 years.

From New York Times

On a warm June morning in 2016, a male blackpoll warbler was busy defending a breeding territory near Whitehorse, Yukon.

From Scientific American

Among those experiencing the greatest population declines are long-distance migrants like the blackpoll warbler—species that breed in the northern parts of North America in the warmer months and, in winter, fly south to South America.

From Scientific American