Setophaga pitiayumi
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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.
The tropical parula was formally described in 1817 as Sylvia pitiayumi. It was sequentially placed in genera Parula and Dendroica. Beginning in 2011 taxonomic systems merged both of those genera into its present genus Setophaga. In the twentieth century some authors proposed that the tropical parula and the northern parula (Setophaga americana) should be lumped as a single species. They do form a superspecies. The tropical parula has also borne the English names Sennett's warbler, olive-backed warbler, Pitiaymi warbler, and tropical parula warbler.
The tropical parula's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, the Clements taxonomy, and the American Ornithological Society assign it these nine subspecies: However, since 2016 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World has treated... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 5 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Parula sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 2,600 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 343 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Parula in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against about 20% in January, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Parula sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 43
Of the 43 parks where we can rate Tropical Parula sightings, Iguazú National Park ranks 3rd at about 50%. The best odds are in El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 70%) and Amboró National Park (Bolivia, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Parulidae
The closest relatives of the Tropical Parula that you can see in Iguazú National Park (family Parulidae, New World Warblers) are Golden-crowned Warbler (about 60%), Southern Yellowthroat (about 20%) and Riverbank Warbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Parula is recorded against all the birds logged in Iguazú National Park (2,600 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
