---
title: "Mariquita"
description: "Setophaga pitiayumi — Aves. The tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi) is a species of passerine bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/tropical-parula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mariquita

> Setophaga pitiayumi — Aves. The tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi) is a species of passerine bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers.

- Scientific name: *Setophaga pitiayumi*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 6931
- Wikidata: [Q27075912](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075912)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145234](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145234)

## Names

- en: Tropical Parula
- de: Elfenwaldsänger
- es: Chipe Tropical
- fr: Paruline à joues noires
- it: Parula tropicale
- pt: Mariquita
- pl: Lasówka oliwkowogrzbieta

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1921), BR (1265), MX (1101), US (538), CO (420), EC (321), CR (241), UY (238), PE (98), BO (81), VE (74), PA (72)

## Summary

The tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi) is a species of passerine bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found in the U. S. state of Texas, Mexico, and every Central American country. Its range continues in every mainland South American country (though in Chile only as a vagrant), on Trinidad, and as a vagrant on the Falkland Islands.

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

## Photo

![Mariquita](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tropical-parula/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104194579

## Machine access

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