Waterthrush
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The waterthrushes are a genus of New World warbler, Parkesia.
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Waterthrushes | |
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Louisiana waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Parulidae |
Genus: | Parkesia Sangster, 2008 |
Type species | |
Motacilla noveboracensis Gmelin JF, 1789 | |
Species | |
Northern waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis |
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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).[1]