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A yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia, syn. Dendroica petechia

From warble + -er.

warbler (plural warblers)

  1. Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).
  2. One who warbles.
    • a. 1740, Fragment on Hunting, Thomas Tickell:
      In lulling strains the feather'd warblers woo.
    • 2012, Joe Bonomo, Conversations with Greil Marcus, page 87:
      And it looked like at first she was just another pop warbler, and “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is a great record, but nothing threatening, nothing strange.
  3. A device that makes a warbling sound.
    • 2011, Leif Madsen, Jim Van Meggelen, Russell Bryant, Asterisk: The Definitive Guide, page 598:
      In electronic telephones, this ringer may be a small electronic warbler rather than a bell.
  4. (UK, slang) A hissy fit.

bird of the Sylviidae family

bird of the Parulidae family