Waterthrush

The waterthrushes are a genus of New World warbler, Parkesia.

Waterthrushes
Louisiana waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)
Scientific classification
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 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

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

The genus contains two species.^[3]

Genus Parkesia – Sangster, 2008 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Northern waterthrush	Parkesia noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789)	North America in Canada and the northern United States including Alaska	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Louisiana waterthrush	Parkesia motacilla (Vieillot, 1809)	eastern North America and winters in the West Indies and Central America	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC