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The prothonotary warbler is 13 cm (5.1 in) long, weighs a mean 14.3 g (0.50 oz), [11] and has a wingspan of 22 cm (8.75 in). [12] It has an olive-coloured back with blue-grey wings and tail, yellow underparts, a relatively long pointed bill, and black legs.
The Parkesia waterthrushes, the ovenbird, the russet-crowned warbler, and Semper's warbler, all of which can exceed 15 cm (5.9 in) and 21 g (0.74 oz), may be considered the largest. The migratory species tend to lay larger clutches of eggs, typically up to six, since the hazards of their journeys mean that many individuals will have only one ...
A prothonotary is the "principal clerk of a court," from L.L. prothonotarius (c. 400), from Greek protonotarios "first scribe," originally the chief of the college of recorders of the court of the Byzantine Empire, from Greek πρῶτος protos "first" + Latin notarius ("notary"); the h appeared in Medieval Latin.
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It appears in Prothonotary warbler and List of Kansas birds and was taken by User:Mdf. Nominate and support. — Cuivi é nen (talk • contribs), Thursday, 11 May 2006 @ 02:10 UTC; Oppose. Pretty picture, but not particularly striking. The framing and composition are boring, and the bracelet on the bird's leg detracts from the picture.
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John James Audubon illustrated a pair of northern parulas in Birds of America (published in London 1827–38), Plate 15 entitled "Blue Yellow-backed Warbler - Sylvia americana". The birds are shown perched on a Louisiana flag ( Iris fulva ) painted by Joseph Mason to which Audubon added the two birds in 1821.