Parulas

Birds of North America

Genus: (Parula)

Lives, Habitat & Pictures of the Parulas

A male Northern Parula seen returning back to North America in its Spring migration, at the fresh water basin at Fort Jefferson, on Dry Tortugas, Florida, USA

On the North American continent there are two types of parulas. The Northern Parula can be found from the north-eastern lower half of Canada down on through to Mexico. The Tropical Parula lives from the southern borders of the United States into Mexico.

Parulas have some of the most astonishing colors of all the birds in North America. These are the types of colors one would expect to see of birds from the tropics. Parulas are members of the warbler family and these very small forest birds, most often can be found singing and foraging for their foods high up in the crowns of the trees. In their Spring and Fall migrations, they can be located closer to the forest floors.

Click on the bird names listed below to see pictures of the Parulas in North America

Northern Parula