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parula (PAR-yuh-luh, PAR-uh-luh) - n., either of two New World wood warblers (formerly genus Parula, now merged into genus Setophaga) with bluish plumage shading into a yellow throat and breast.
The two species being the northern parula (S. americana) and the tropical parula (S. pitiayumi). And yes, given they are warblers, they do sing -- very nicely. The name of the former genus is an alteration of the earlier genus name Parulus, from Latin pārus, titmouse + diminutive ending.
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And that wraps up another week of birds. Back to the regular randoms, but there's more to fly with later. (That's not a threat. I'm just stating a fact.)
---L.
The two species being the northern parula (S. americana) and the tropical parula (S. pitiayumi). And yes, given they are warblers, they do sing -- very nicely. The name of the former genus is an alteration of the earlier genus name Parulus, from Latin pārus, titmouse + diminutive ending.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
And that wraps up another week of birds. Back to the regular randoms, but there's more to fly with later. (That's not a threat. I'm just stating a fact.)
---L.
