flycatching warbler

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   any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing

   BroaderNew World warbler

   NarrowerAmerican redstart

Questions about flycatching warbler

What does flycatching warbler mean?

flycatching warbler means "any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing".

Is flycatching warbler a common word?

flycatching warbler is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.