yellowthroat

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Any of several small warblers of the genus Geothlypis of the Americas, especially G. trichas, having a brownish back, yellow throat, and, in the male, a black facial mask.

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Any bird of the old genus Trichas (of Swainson), now Geothlypis: as, the Maryland yellowthroat. See cut under Geothlypis.

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Any one of several species of American ground warblers of the genus Geothlypis, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), which is a very common species.

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A mostly yellow-colored group of New World warblers in the genus Geothlypis

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small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat