- 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, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- USGS
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Northern Parula. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Northern_Parula
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