Northern Parula Images

Northern Parula Images, Facts and Information:

Setophaga americana

• Northern Parulas are small warblers with blue-gray upperparts, yellow throats and breasts, and white wing bars. Males have a darker blue-gray back with a greenish-yellow patch and black and chestnut breast band.
• Northern Parulas breed in eastern North America from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast. They winter in southern Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America.
• Northern Parulas inhabit deciduous and mixed forests, especially those with hanging mosses or lichens. They are often found in treetops and along forest edges.
• Northern Parulas feed primarily on insects and spiders, gleaning them from leaves and twigs. They occasionally eat small berries.
• Northern Parulas lay 3 to 7 eggs which hatch in 12 to 14 days. The female incubates and they are monogamous.
• A group of warblers can be called a “bouquet”, “confusion”, “fall”, or “wrench” of warblers.
• The oldest known Northern Parula was 7 years old.

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