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Tropical parula

Setophaga pitiayumi (Vieillot, 1817)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi) is a species in the family Parulidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 6.6 g to 7.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
Photo: Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the tropical parula

Weight
6.6 g – 7.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the tropical parula

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Tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
Dario Sanches from São Paulo, Brazil · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the tropical parula live?

Not recorded

What is the tropical parula?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Tropical parula” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tropical_parula&oldid=1378901065), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the tropical parula endangered?

The tropical parula is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the tropical parula classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParulidae
  6. genusSetophaga
  7. SpeciesSetophaga pitiayumi (Vieillot, 1817)

Synonyms Compsothlypis pitiayumi, Parula brasiliana, Parula pitiayumi, Sylvia pitiayumi, Sylvia plumbea, Sylvia venusta

Other names and names in other languages (45)
  • Olive-backed warblerEnglish
  • هازجة استوائيةArabic
  • bosquerola tropicalCatalan
  • lesňáček oranžovoprsýCzech
  • Pariwla trofannolWelsh
  • Olivenrygget ParulaDanish
  • ElfenwaldsängerGerman
  • tropika parulioEsperanto
  • Flavventra parulioEsperanto
  • Chipe TropicalSpanish
  • parula pitiayumiSpanish
  • Parula pitiayumíSpanish
  • Parula tropicalSpanish
  • PitiayumiSpanish
  • PitiayumíSpanish
  • Reinita tropicalSpanish
  • bromeeliasäälikEstonian
  • naamiotiaiskerttuliFinnish
  • Paruline à joues noiresFrench
  • Pyti'ajumiGuarani
  • plamenoprsa sjeničicaCroatian
  • trópusi lombposzátaHungarian
  • Parula tropicaleItalian
  • ミナミアサギアメリカムシクイJapanese
  • atogrąžinė parulaLithuanian
  • tropu ķauķisLatvian
  • Tropische ParulaDutch
  • MaskerparulazangerDutch
  • ildparulaNorwegian
  • lasówka oliwkowogrzbietaPolish
  • MariquitaPortuguese
  • mariquita-de-dorso-oliváceoPortuguese
  • mariquita-do-sulPortuguese
  • Черноглазая парулаRussian
  • Тропическая древесницаRussian
  • Черноглазый лесной певунRussian
  • horárik modrýSlovak
  • Tropska parulaSerbian
  • tropikmessångareSwedish
  • tropikskogssångareSwedish
  • tropisk messångareSwedish
  • Tropikal ParulaTurkish
  • пісняр тропічнийUkrainian
  • 绿背森莺Chinese
  • 橄綠背森鶯Chinese

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Relatives of the tropical parula

Other species in the same genus Setophaga.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the tropical parula?

An adult tropical parula weighs 6.6 g – 7.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the tropical parula endangered?

The tropical parula is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the tropical parula?

The tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi) belongs to the family Parulidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-parula

MLA

“Tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-parula.

BibTeX
@misc{tropical_parula_2026,
  title = {Tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-parula},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}