kirtland's warbler

kirtland's warbler
noun
Usage: usually capitalized K
Etymology: after Jared P. Kirtland
: a rare warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii) of northeastern No. America that breeds in Michigan and winters in the Bahamas and that is gray above and yellow beneath with long pointed wings and notched tail

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/kerrt"leuhndz/
a wood warbler, Dendroica kirtlandii, breeding only in north-central Michigan and wintering in the Bahamas, bluish gray above, striped with black and pale yellow below: an endangered species.
[1855-60, Amer.; named after Jared Kirtland (1793-1877), American naturalist]

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