<p>A small warbler of the upper canopy, the Northern Parula flutters at the edges of branches plucking insects. This bluish gray warbler with yellow highlights breeds in forests laden with Spanish moss or beard lichens, from Florida to the boreal …

Audubon’s scientists have used 140 million bird observations and sophisticated climate models to project how climate change will affect the range of the Northern Parula.

Parula is a diminutive form of Parus, which refers to the taxonomic family Paridae — which includes chickadees and titmice. So, Parula effectively means “little titmouse,” even though the Northern Parula is a member of the family Parulidae — the wood-warblers.

Found in any wooded habitat in migration. Winters primary in the Caribbean and eastern Mexico. Loud song is a buzzy, ascending trill with sharp chip at the end; sounds like a zipper. Compare with Tropical Parula, which always has a clean yellow or orange breast and lacks white eye-arcs.

2024年5月22日 · Known for being on the small side in an already small-sized family of birds, the northern parula is perhaps most easily identified by its grayish-blue back and yellow breast.

2023年3月9日 · The Northern Parula is a small wood warbler, found in upper canopies of trees and flutters at the ends of branches catching insects. These birds breed in forests full of beard lichens or Spanish moss. It jumps through branches while vocalizing an increasing buzzy trill that cuts off at the end.

2024年5月27日 · The northern parula is a small warbler that lives in forest canopies during summer and tropical plantations in the winter. They spend their days fluttering near the ends of …

The northern parula is a small summer resident warbler with gray-blue upperparts, two white wingbars, and a greenish-yellow patch on the back. The male has black and chestnut bands on the yellow breast.

A small warbler of the upper canopy, the Northern Parula flutters at the edges of branches plucking insects. This bluish gray warbler with yellow highlights breeds in forests laden with Spanish moss or beard lichens, from Florida to the boreal …

A tiny warbler of the treetops, the northern parula’s yellow throat and white belly are often all you see as the bird forages high above. But look closely and you may see a yellow lower bill and the reddish black neck band.