willow warbler


noun

any of several usually grayish-green leaf warblers, especially Phylloscopus trochilus, of Europe.

Origin of willow warbler

First recorded in 1840–50

Example sentences from the Web for willow warbler

  • The willow-warbler is a rather larger bird with a tinge of yellow in his plumage.

    Birds in Flight |W. P. Pycraft
  • Three other tantalizing little members of this numerous tribe are the chiff-chaff, willow-warbler, and wood-warbler.

    Birds in Flight |W. P. Pycraft
  • Ornithologists seem well agreed that the Willow-warbler's food consists entirely of insects.

    British Birds in their Haunts |Rev. C. A. Johns

British Dictionary definitions for willow warbler

willow warbler

noun

an Old World warbler, Phylloscopus trochilis, of Eurasian woodlands