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 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

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

From Washington Post

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.

From New York Times

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.

From New York Times

A black-and-white warbler tacking along a slanted tree trunk deep in the Ramble, a yellow-rumped warbler sallying forth into the bright spring air to grab flies, a black-throated blue warbler so neat and spry he looks like a folded pocket handkerchief.

From New York Times