Description

Blue upperparts and head with a patch of green on back. White underparts and a yellow throat and breast. All age groups show a broken eyering and two white wingbars. Males have a band of chestnut or black across the breast which may appear less clearly in females.

Tends to be found in swampy or wet areas in mature coniferous forest.

A dry trill ending in a single-noted "psseeww!"

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Foraging is often performed on the tips of branches and twigs, sometimes hanging upside-down like chickdees.
Nests are built in epiphytic growth such as Beard Moss.

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Distribution

The Northern Parula is a summer resident that breeds locally in the boreal region of southeastern Manitoba, easterly through to central and southern Ontario, southern Québec and the maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, including Cape Breton Island.