Kirtland's warbler

Kirtland's warbler
/kerrt"leuhndz/
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.
[1855-60, Amer.; named after Jared Kirtland (1793-1877), American naturalist]

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