Waterthrush

Waterthrushes
Parkesia motacilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Parkesia
Sangster, 2008
Species

Northern waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis
Louisiana waterthrush, Parkesia motacilla

The waterthrushes are a genus of New World warbler, Parkesia. The genus was split from Seiurus, which previously contained both waterthrush species and the ovenbird. When the genera split, the ovenbird was the only member left in Seiurus (making it a monotypic genus).

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