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Definition of Gnatcatcher
1. Noun. Very small North American and South American warblers.
Definition of Gnatcatcher
1. Noun. A member of any of various species of small passerine birds found in North America and South America, close relatives of the wrens. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gnatcatcher
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnatcatcher
Literary usage of Gnatcatcher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"On May IS, 1920, in the largest flight of migrant birds which has visited the
Public Garden this season, came a Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea ..."
2. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"His note of protest was a shrill " tzee, tzee, tzee," very like the call of the
golden-crowned kinglet. 753. BLACK-TAILED gnatcatcher. ..."
3. The Condorby Cooper Ornithological Society, Cooper Ornithological Club by Cooper Ornithological Society, Cooper Ornithological Club (1909)
"Myers, Harriet W. ix, Nesting ways of the Western gnatcatcher, 48. Nesting habits
of Phainopepla nitens, 101. x, Observations on the nesting habits of the ..."
4. Birds of Village and Field: A Bird Book for Beginners by Florence Merriam Bailey (1898)
"BLUE-GRAY gnatcatcher. 1'. Upper parts olive-green ; winter visitors. 2.
Crown reddish orange bordered by black and yellow, p. 356. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. ..."
5. The Second Book of Birds: Bird Families by Olive Thorne Miller, Harriet (Mann) Miller (1901)
"The gnatcatcher is one of the most lively of birds. He bustles about in an eager
way that shows everybody where to look for the nest. ..."
6. Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1921)
"The range of this gnatcatcher extends from the Gulf States northward to Eastern
Nebraska, southern Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, southwestern Pennsylvania, ..."
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