Parulas feed in the upper canopy, gleaning for insects and spiders. This species also frequently sallies and fly-catches for winged invertebrates.
The parula is a trusting little bird. Once I climbed to a nest that contained half-grown young. As I was peering into the nest, the female arrived with a bundle of insects for her babies.
Tropical Parula (Parula pitiayumi)
Brazil
The Tropical Parula is distributed in most of Central America and into South America as far south as Uruguay and northern Argentina but is absent from most of the Amazon Basin.
Northern parula Parula americana
Identification Tips:
Length: 3.75 inches
Small, active, insect-eating bird
Thin, pointed bill
Smaller than most warblers
Gray head, sides of breast, rump and tail
White broken eye ring
White wing bars ...
Northern Parula
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The Northern Parula shown here and in the next shot at right was at Three Lakes W.M.A., Osceola Co., Florida, in March, 2007. It was photographed with the same gear as above.
Northern Parula
(Parula americana)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs as an uncommon, but regular migrant in moist, wooded areas of the lab.
Parulas:
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Peacocks / Peafowl (Pheasants) ... Also Refer to: Peacock / Indian Blue ...
Parula, Northern Parula americana Found: North America
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels in North Carolina 2, 3, 4) Stubblefield Photography
Genus Protonotaria - 1 species ...
Northern Parula Parula americana. Breeder. In Gulf Coast region, common in spring, summer, and fall, and occasional in winter. In inland regions, fairly common in spring, summer, and fall.
Tropical Parula
Parula pitiayumi
Threatened
Golden-cheeked Warbler
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Golden-cheeked Warbler Management(PDF 192.6 KB)
Dendroica chrysoparia ...
Northern Parula
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
American White Pelican
Summer Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Northern Parula Parula americana: Forest Park, Queens, NY, 25 Apr
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia: Van Saun Park, Paramus, NJ, 19 Apr
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, 30 Apr ...
Northern Parula (Parula americana)
Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus)
Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus) ...
The scientific name for the family, Parulidae, originates from the fact that Linnaeus in 1758 named the Northern Parula as a tit, Parus americanus, and, as taxonomy developed, the genus name was modified first to Parulus and then the current Parula.
Prothonotary Warblers will sometimes use nest boxes but most warblers won't. Parulas and Yellow-throated Warblers usually build their nests in a clump of Spanish moss, Pine Warblers nest in pine woods, and Yellowthroats nest in marshes, swamps, ...
SYLVICOLA AMERICANA, Lath.
[Parula americana.]
PLATE XCI.--MALE AND FEMALE.
The Hacienda is now a quaint hotel with a beautiful garden, orchard and lake. We had Western Tanager, Scott's Oriole, White-winged Dove, Bronzed Cowbird, Canvasback Duck, Redhead Duck, Tropical Parula, Varied Bunting, Clay-colored Robin, ...
 See also: Warbler, Redstart, American Redstart, Yellowthroat, Pine Warbler
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