Warblers are a family of small birds that have a pleasant song.
warbler in British English
(ˈwɔːblə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that warbles
2.
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
3. Also called: wood warbler
any small bird of the American family Parulidae, similar to the Old World forms but often brightly coloured
warbler in American English
(ˈwɔrblər)
noun
1.
a bird or person that warbles; singer; songster
2. US
any of a large, New World passerine family (Parulidae) of small, insect-eating birds,many of which are brightly colored, as the yellow warbler, the prothonotary warbler, or the American redstart; wood warbler
3.
any of a large, mainly Old World, passerine family (Sylviidae) of small songbirds, including the whitethroats
Examples of 'warbler' in a sentence
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Most of them are members of the warbler family.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
More members of the large warbler family have been arriving.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Willow warblers are singing in birch woods where the trees are not too tall.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Garden warblers are small brown birds with no distinguishing features except that they have none.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Learn my favourite song: willow warbler.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Otherwise they are typical small birds of the warbler family, brown above and white beneath.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some of them are small warblers from Eastern Europe.
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All related terms of 'warbler'
grey warbler
a small bush bird that hatches the eggs of the shining cuckoo
leaf warbler
any of several small, greenish or brownish, Old World warblers of the genus Phylloscopus that feed on insects among the leaves of trees
marsh warbler
any of various common Old World warblers of the genus Acrocephalus , esp A. scirpaceus , that inhabit marshy regions and have a brown plumage
pine warbler
a small yellow wood warbler ( Dendroica pinus ) with dull-greenish wings , living in the pine forests of the E U.S.
reed warbler
any of various common Old World warblers of the genus Acrocephalus , esp A. scirpaceus , that inhabit marshy regions and have a brown plumage
sedge warbler
a European songbird , Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, of reed beds and swampy areas, having a streaked brownish plumage with white eye stripes : family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers , etc)
wood warbler
a European woodland warbler , Phylloscopus sibilatrix, with a dull yellow plumage
barred warbler
a small passerine songbird, Sylvia nisoria , of the family Muscicapidae
Cetti's warbler
a reddish-brown Eurasian warbler , Cettia cetti , with a distinctive song
garden warbler
any of several small brownish-grey European songbirds of the genus Sylvia ( warblers ), esp S. borin, common in woods and hedges : in some parts of Europe they are esteemed as a delicacy
hermit warbler
a common wood warbler ( Dendroica occidentalis ) of W North America , with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
Savi's warbler
a type of warbler ; Locustella luscinioides.
willow warbler
an Old World warbler , Phylloscopus trochilis, of Eurasian woodlands
yellow warbler
a small, bright-yellow North American wood warbler ( Dendroica petechia )
icterine warbler
a European variety of tree warbler ( Hippolais icterina )
thornbill warbler
any of various South American hummingbirds of the genera Chalcostigma, Ramphomicron, etc, having a thornlike bill
Wilson's warbler
a small, green-and-yellow North American wood warbler ( Wilsonia pusilla )
grasshopper warbler
a Eurasian warbler Locustella naevia
prothonotary warbler
a wood warbler ( Protonotaria citrea ) with yellow-orange underparts and head and bluish-gray wings
yellow-throated warbler
a wood warbler ( Dendroica dominica ) of the SE U.S., with a yellow throat
parula
any of several American wood warblers of the genus Parula , esp. P . americana ( northern parula ), having bluish plumage with a yellow throat and breast