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ForestCup nestTiny · 8 g
What the Northern Parula sounds like
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The northern parula is one of the smaller North American migratory warblers, often being one of the smallest birds in a mixed feeding flock besides kinglets or gnatcatchers. Length is 10.8 to 12.4 cm (4.3 to 4.9 in), wingspan is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) and body weight is 5 to 11 g (0.18 to 0.39 oz). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 5.1 to 6.5 cm (2.0 to 2.6 in), the tail is 3.7 to 4.5 cm (1.5 to 1.8 in), the bill is 0.8 to 1.1 cm (0.31 to 0.43 in) and the tarsus is 1.5 to 1.8 cm (0.59 to 0.71 in).
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When to see the Northern Parula
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Northern Parula
The map shades 37 countries with regular records, and 6 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom, Iceland, Dominica, Trinidad & Tobago, France, St. Barthélemy.
About the Northern Parula
The northern parula is a small New World warbler. It is migratory and breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida.
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Easily confused with
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinusThese birds have white bellies, two white wing bars, dark legs and thin, relatively long pointed bills; they have yellowish 'spectacles' around their eyes.
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumMeasurements:
Length: 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in)
Wingspan: 20–21 cm (7.9–8.3 in)
Weight: 8.5–14.2 g (0.30–0.50 oz)
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensIt has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive-green back and pale underparts with black streaks on the flanks.
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