Kirtland's warbler
[ kurt-luh ndz ]
/ ˈkɜrt ləndz /
noun
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.
Origin of Kirtland's warbler
1855–60,
Americanism; named after Jared
Kirtland (1793–1877), American naturalist