---
title: "Northern Parula"
description: "Setophaga americana — Birds. The northern parula (Setophaga americana) is a small New World warbler."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/northern-parula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Parula

> Setophaga americana — Birds. The northern parula (Setophaga americana) is a small New World warbler.

- Scientific name: *Setophaga americana*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 35013
- Wikidata: [Q27075910](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075910)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145233](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145233)

## Names

- en: Northern Parula
- de: Meisenwaldsänger
- es: Chipe Pecho Manchado
- fr: Paruline à collier
- pt: Mariquita-de-colar
- pl: Lasówka obrożna

## Countries with the most observations

US (24280), CA (5063), MX (1638), CU (259), PR (153), DO (124), JM (104), BS (77), HN (66), BZ (53), KY (26), BM (24)

## Summary

The northern parula (Setophaga americana) is a small New World warbler. It is migratory and breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_parula

## Photo

![Northern Parula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-parula/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/367275618

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-parula?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).