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Waterthrush






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Waterthrushes
Louisiana waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Louisiana waterthrush, Parkesia motacilla

The waterthrushes are a genusofNew 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).[1]

Taxonomy

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The genus Parkesia was introduced in 2008 by George Sangster with the northern waterthrush as the type species. The generic name was chosen to honor the American ornithologist Kenneth Carroll Parkes, who was for many years Curator of Birds at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.[2]

Species

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The genus contains two species.[3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Parkesia noveboracensis Northern waterthrush North America in Canada and the northern United States including Alaska
Parkesia motacilla Louisiana waterthrush eastern North America and winters in the West Indies and Central America

References

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  1. ^ Lovette, I. J.; Pérez-Emán, J. L.; Sullivan, J. P.; Banks, R. C.; Fiorentino, I.; Córdoba-Córdoba, S.; Echeverry-Galvis, M. A.; Barker, F. K.; Burns, K. J.; Klicka, J.; Lanyon, S. M.; Bermingham, E. (2010). "A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (2): 753–770. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.018.
  • ^ Sangster, G. (2008). "A new genus for the waterthrushes (Parulidae)". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 128: 212–215..
  • ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

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