gnatcatcher
noun
gnat·catch·er
| \ ˈnat-ˌka-chər
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Definition of gnatcatcher
: any of a genus (Polioptila) of several small North and South American insectivorous oscine birds
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Other birds that were spotted last week included four blue-gray gnatcatchers, three wood thrushes, a field sparrow, and five Eastern meadowlarks. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings," 29 July 2019 There were also four great crested flycatchers, seven blue-gray gnatcatchers, and an early Lincoln’s sparrow. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings," 29 July 2019 Several rare species of flora and fauna live in the area, including the California gnatcatcher, California least tern and Orcutt’s brodiaea, San Diego button celery and the San Diego goldenstar. — Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, "University City: ‘Golden Triangle’ is bustling, will soon welcome trolley," 28 June 2019 In light of that, the property might need to be surveyed for coastal California gnatcatchers, which are a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. — Daniel Langhorne, latimes.com, "O.C. supervisors greenlight plan for car storage lot at former Huntington Beach landfill," 4 June 2019 There were several family groups of Carolina chickadees, tufted titmice and blue-gray gnatcatchers; flocks that often beckon traveling migrants to join in. — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, "Migrating birds begin to show up in late August," 23 Aug. 2017 A 2016 bird count tallied multiple species of herons, cormorants, pelicans, hawks, plover, gnatcatchers, quail, and terns, among others. — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Parking lot becomes salt marsh in Del Mar wetland restoration," 17 July 2017 These included several legal fights in Southern California over the listings and habitat designations for the Stephens’ kangaroo rat, coastal California gnatcatcher, Peninsular bighorn sheep, and Quino checkerspot butterfly. — David Danelski, The Mercury News, "California Democrats prepare to battle GOP over Endangered Species Act," 19 Apr. 2017 Docents will discuss the Pacific pocket mouse and the California gnatcatcher. — Oc Disney Staff, Orange County Register, "15 things to do this weekend in Orange County (March 3-5)," 1 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gnatcatcher.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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