Tropical Parula, Parula pitiayumi

Tropical Parula, Parula pitiayumi. Photographs courtesy of Dr. Tom Bartol, Carlsbad, California, taken in the coastal region of Costa Rica, February 2016.

Tropical Parula, Parula pitiayumi. Photograph taken within a residential community in Alamos, Sonora, May 2018. Photograph and identification courtesy of David F Smith, Alamos, Sonora.

The Tropical Parula, Parula pitiayumi, is a member of the Parulidae Family of World Warblers. They are small in stature. In Mexico they are found in the coastal regions within the Atlantic Slope from the United States border southward in the States of Tamaulipas, Tiaxcala, Hidalgo, Puebla, and Veracruz and within the Pacific slope from Sinaloa to Oaxaca at elevations below 1,800 m (5,900 feet). From a conservation perspective the Tropical Parula is currently considered to be of Least Concern with stable, widely distributed populations. They are found in both humid and semi-arid forests residing in tall trees and mangroves. They primarily consume insects and spiders with their diets supplemented with seasonal berries.