Blackburnian warbler

noun

Setophaga fusca, a small New World warbler.

Similar
BlackburnDendroica fusca

Meanings

nounBlackburnian warbler (plural Blackburnian warblers)

plural Blackburnian warblers

  1. Setophaga fusca, a small New World warbler.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounblack-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat

Similar
BlackburnDendroica fusca
Also see

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Origin

From Blackburne + -ian, after English naturalist Anna Blackburne.

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