Kirtland's warbler

[ kurt-luhndz ]

noun
  1. 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

1
1855–60, Americanism; named after Jared Kirtland (1793–1877), American naturalist

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