Waterthrush
| Waterthrushes | |
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| Parkesia motacilla | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Parulidae |
| Genus: | Parkesia Sangster, 2008 |
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Northern Waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis |
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The waterthrushes are a genus of New World warbler, Parkesia. The genus was split from Seiurus, which contained the waterthrushes and the Ovenbird. When the genera split, the Ovenbird was the only member of this genus left, and now Seiurus is monotypic.
Species
- Northern Waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis
- Louisiana Waterthrush, Parkesia motacilla
References
- 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. et al. (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. PMID 20696258.
- Sangster, G. (2008). "A new genus for the waterthrushes (Parulidae)". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 128: 212–215.
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