wood warbler: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Mniotiltidae • Compsothlypidae • woodwarbler • New World warbler • Parulidae

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A Northern Parula warbler (Parula americana) with blue-gray upperparts, yellow throat and chest, and white belly perches on a branch against a soft green background.

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