parula

May. 18th, 2018 07:59 am
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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.

Northern parula is looking at YOU
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.

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