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Definition of Flycatching warbler
1. Noun. Any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing.
Specialized synonyms: American Redstart, Redstart, Setophaga Ruticilla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flycatching Warbler
Literary usage of Flycatching warbler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1861)
"but we having no species that properly ranks in this section, we immediately pass
to The CANADA flycatching warbler, (Setophaga Canadensis, ..."
2. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"The Green Black-capped flycatching warbler, or Wilson's Black-capped Warbler,
... The Western Black-capped flycatching warbler is a common breeding bird in ..."
3. History of Littleton, New Hampshire by George Clarence Furber, James Robert Jackson (1905)
"... is a flycatching warbler like the last, but much more abundant. It is strictly
arboreal, found anywhere, but more commonly in the neighborhood of water, ..."