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warbler

/ˈwɔrb(ə)lər/
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Other forms: warblers

Definitions of warbler
  1. noun
    a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
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    type of:
    singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer
    a person who sings
  2. noun
    a small active songbird
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    types:
    gnatcatcher
    very small North American and South American warblers
    kinglet
    small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice
    Old World warbler, true warbler
    small active brownish or greyish Old World birds
    Sylvia communis, greater whitethroat, whitethroat
    greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts
    Sylvia curruca, lesser whitethroat, whitethroat
    Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller
    New World warbler, wood warbler
    small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song
    Regulus regulus, goldcrest, golden-crested kinglet
    European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch
    Regulus satrata, gold-crowned kinglet
    American golden-crested kinglet
    Regulus calendula, ruby-crowned kinglet, ruby-crowned wren
    American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch
    Silvia atricapilla, blackcap
    small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown
    Phylloscopus sibilatrix, wood warbler
    European woodland warbler with dull yellow plumage
    Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, reedbird, sedge bird, sedge warbler, sedge wren
    small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa
    wren warbler
    small Asiatic and African bird; constructs nests like those of tailorbirds
    Orthotomus sutorius, tailorbird
    tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest
    Parula americana, northern parula, parula warbler
    small grey-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast; of eastern North America
    Wilson's blackcap, Wilson's warbler, Wilsonia pusilla
    yellow wood warbler with a black crown
    flycatching warbler
    any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing
    Cape May warbler, Dendroica tigrina
    North American wood warbler; olive green and yellow striped with black
    Dendroica petechia, golden warbler, yellow warbler, yellowbird
    yellow-throated American wood warbler
    Blackburn, Blackburnian warbler, Dendroica fusca
    black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat
    Audubon warbler, Audubon's warbler, Dendroica auduboni
    common warbler of western North America
    Dendroica coronata, myrtle bird, myrtle warbler
    similar to Audubon's warbler
    Dendroica striate, blackpoll
    North American warbler having a black-and-white head
    New World chat, chat
    birds having a chattering call
    Seiurus aurocapillus, ovenbird
    American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground
    water thrush
    brownish North American warbler found near streams
    yellowthroat
    small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat
    type of:
    oscine, oscine bird
    passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
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