WARBLER Definition & Meaning

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warbler

[ wawr-bler ]

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noun

any of several small, chiefly Old World songbirds of the subfamily Sylviidae. Compare blackcap ( def 1 ), reed warbler.
Also called wood warbler. any of numerous small New World songbirds of the family Parulidae, many species of which are brightly colored. Compare yellow warbler.
a person or thing that warbles. warble.

warbler

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noun

a person or thing that warbles
any small active passerine songbird of the Old World subfamily Sylviinae: family Muscicapidae. They have a cryptic plumage and slender bill and are arboreal insectivores
Also calledwood warbler any small bird of the American family Parulidae, similar to the Old World forms but often brightly coloured

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of warbler¹

First recorded in 1605–15; warble ¹ + -er ¹

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

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He pointed out warblers, lace lichen and tree limbs coated in an orange algae called trentepohlia.

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Native reptiles and birds, including the Be’er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard, the pin-tailed sandgrouse and the spectacled warbler, are now fall easy prey for crows and jays perched in the tree branches.

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But birds that are more sensitive to temperatures — and those whose prey can’t stand the heat — might suffer under persistent warming, such as yellow warblers and Bell’s vireos.

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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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