New World Warblers of Zihuatanejo

FAMILY PARULIDAE

• Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

• Chordates (Phylum Chordata)

• Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)

• Birds (Class Aves)

• Perching Birds (Order Passeriformes)

• New World Warblers (Family Parulidae)

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Family Parulidae is the family of New World warblers, a diverse group of small, active songbirds found primarily in North, Central, and South America. These birds are especially celebrated for their colorful plumage, intricate songs, and long-distance migrations. Parulids occupy a wide range of habitats, including forests, woodlands, wetlands, scrublands, and montane regions, where they typically forage for insects, spiders, and other small invertebrates among leaves, branches, and bark. Many species display striking combinations of yellow, blue, green, black, orange, and white, such as the Yellow Warbler.