Kirtland's warbler
noun
Kirt·land's warbler
ˈkərt-lən(d)z- 
plural Kirtland's warblers
: a rare warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii synonym Dendroica kirtlandii) of northeastern North America that is gray with yellow underparts
Note: Kirtland's warblers breed in Michigan and sometimes Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada and winter in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos.
Kirtland's warblers are ground-nesters that prefer jack pine stands more than 80 acres in size, where the nest can be concealed in mixed vegetation of grasses and shrubs below the living branches of 5- to 20-year-old trees.—
State News Service
State News ServiceIntensive research determined that two primary factors were causing the decline of the Kirtland's warblers: a lack of suitable nesting habitat and brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds.—Cameron MacDonald
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