Credit: Lip Kee Yap
North American field guide
Tropical Parula
Parula pitiayumi
Also known as:Olive-backed Warbler
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Identification
Field notes
11 cm (4-5") Rare. Texas, lower Rio Grande Valley.
Bluish-gray upperparts. Greenish or olive patch on back. Yellow throat and breast. White wing bars. No eye ring. Told from Northern Parula by lack of eye ring and male has a black ear patch with a single or no dark breast band.
Was called Olive-backed Warbler.
Song: rising buzzy trill.
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Tropical Parula, parula tropical (Parula pitiayumi) 3
Credit: Akator Expeditions - David CaroPitiayumí
Credit: Graciela AlcántaraPitiayumi Parula pitiayumi
Credit: Flavio DanesseTropical Parula, parula tropical (Parula pitiayumi)
Credit: Akator Expeditions - David CaroBird Advisor Identification rules 1 variant · 1 rule
These are the observation paths the Bird Advisor can use to identify this species. Each rule is an alternative match.
Tropical Parula
1 ruleRule 1 17 criteria · confidence 1
- What colour were the WING STRIPES or PATCHES ?
- White or pale gray stripes or patches · Unknown
- Did the WINGS have STRIPES or PATCHES ?
- Yes · Unknown
- Were the SIDES STREAKED, SPOTTED or BARRED ?
- No · Unknown
- Was the RUMP or LOWER BACK light ?
- No · Unknown
- What colour was the BACK ?
- Olive (yellowish-green) · Green · Blue · Gray, or blue-gray · Black, purple, or dark · Unknown
- What colour was the BELLY ?
- White, or pale (grayish-white) · Yellow · Unknown
- What colour was the BREAST ?
- Orange, buff (orange-yellow), or tan · Red, or pink · Rufous (dull-red or rust-colored) · Brown, or chestnut (reddish-brown) · Gray, or blue-gray · Unknown
- What colour was the THROAT ?
- Yellow · Unknown
- What SHAPE was the BILL ?
- Straight and slender · Unknown
- What LENGTH was the BILL ?
- Short · Medium · Unknown
- What colour were the CHEEKS ?
- Yellow · Blue · Gray, or blue-gray · Black, purple, or dark · Unknown
- What were the EYE markings if any ?
- None · Unknown
- What was the predominant colour of the HEAD ?
- Blue · Gray, or blue-gray · Black, purple, or dark · Unknown
- How BIG was the bird ?
- Smaller than a sparrow · Sparrow-sized
- What TYPE of bird was seen ?
- Warbler-like
- WHEN was the bird seen ?
- Spring · Summer · Fall
- WHERE was the bird seen ?
- Southeastern United States · Southwestern United States