Etymology

Kirtland's warbler

Today it means: a small songbird, Setophaga kirtlandii, that nests in Michigan, United States and winters in the Bahamas Full definition →

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The story

Named after Jared P. Kirtland, an Ohio doctor and amateur naturalist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.