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[[Image:609-07297fg Female Northern Parula.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|bobsofpa|bobsofpa}}<br />Magee Marsh, [[Ohio]], [[USA]], May 2009]] | [[Image:609-07297fg Female Northern Parula.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|bobsofpa|bobsofpa}}<br />Magee Marsh, [[Ohio]], [[USA]], May 2009]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Parula|Parula]]. | Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Parula|Parula]]. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Open woods; prefers woodlands with abundant tree lichens. | Open woods; prefers woodlands with abundant tree lichens. | ||
Revision as of 15:43, 2 July 2014
- Setophaga americana
Parula americana
Identification
4-4.3"
- Grey blue head and upperparts
- Black lores
- White eye-crescents
- Olive back patch
- 2 white wingbars
- 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.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in genus Parula.
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
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Avibase
- USGS
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Northern Parula. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Northern_Parula
