warbler
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
warbler/ˈwɔːblə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a small, active songbird, typically living in trees and bushes and having a warbling song. [Many species, chiefly in the families
Sylviidae (Old World),Parulidae (N. America), andAcanthizidae (Australasia).]
- 2 informal a person who sings in a trilling or quavering voice.
'warbler' also found in these Oxford entries:
blackcap
- chiffchaff
- garden warbler
- goldcrest
- grassbird
- grasshopper warbler
- icterine warbler
- kinglet
- leaf warbler
- ovenbird
- redstart
- reed warbler
- sedge warbler
- tailorbird
- waterthrush
- whitethroat
- willow warbler
- wood warbler
