Parula

Parula
Northern parula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Parulidae
Genus:	Parula Bonaparte, 1838
Species
P. americana P. pitiayumi
Synonyms
Chloris Boie, 1826 (non Cuvier, 1800: preoccupied)

Parula was formerly a small genus of New World warblers which breed in North and South America.

In 1758, Linnaeus classified the northern parula as a tit, Parus americanus, and as taxonomy developed the genus name was modified first to Parulus and then the current form. The family name, Parulidae, also derives from this source.

Most recently, the two species were:

• Northern parula, Parula americana
• Tropical parula, Parula pitiayumi

(Flame-throated and crescent-chested warblers were formerly classified in this genus.)