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Northern Parula

🇳🇱 Brilparulazanger ·Setophaga americana

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Northern Parula, photo 1 of 9
1/9 © bwood708 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 36,111iNaturalist observations
  • weight 1.3 gadult, up to
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 36,111 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Weighs only about 1 g.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Northern Parula
Nederlands
Brilparulazanger
scientific name
Setophaga americana
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Parulidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
13
sightings worldwide
36,111
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
1.3 g
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Parulidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 145233, Wikidata Q27075910, GBIF 6093345, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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