Northern Parula - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Paulyoly
Interlachen, Florida.

Parula americana

Identification

4-4.3"

• Grey blue head and upperparts
• Black lores
• White eye-crescents
• Olive back patch
• 2 white wingbars

Photo by Gary Clark
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

• White tail-spots
• White broken eye ring
• Yellow legs
• Throat and chest yellow with blackish-slate and rufous band across upper chest
  

Female: duller

Distribution

Breeds in eastern North America (southern Canada to southern US). Migrating south to winter in east Mexico, reaching to the Caribbean and Nicaragua.

Female
Photo by bobsofpa
Magee Marsh, Ohio, USA, May 2009

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Open woods; prefers woodlands with abundant tree lichens.

Behaviour

Breeding

It nest in trees in clumps of these mosses, laying 3-7 eggs in a scantily-lined cup nest.

Diet

Diet includes insects and spiders.

Vocalisation

Song: a click-like trill or buzz, zeeeeee-yip
Call: a soft chip

Juvenile
Photo by DougLaslj
Michigan, USA, September 2008

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. USGS

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Northern Parula. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Northern_Parula

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