Tropical parula Parula pitiayumi

Identification Tips:

• Small, active, insect-eating bird
• Thin, pointed bill
• Gray head, wings, rump and tail
• Olive back
• White wing bars
• Yellow throat and breast
• White belly and undertail coverts
• Yellow legs
• United States range restricted to South Texas

Adult male alternate:

• Black mask
• Orange wash on breast

Female and immature:

• Lacks mask
• Plumage generally duller than male

Similar species:

The very local (South Texas) Tropical Parula is similar in size to the Northern Parula but the male lacks the dark portion of the breast patch and has more black on the face while the other plumages lack the broken eye ring and have more yellow on the underparts. Other warblers lack the combination of an unmarked yellow breast and throat, wing bars, and a gray head.