Waterthrush

Waterthrushes
Louisiana waterthrush (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).

Etymology

The generic name, Parkesia, is in honor of American ornithologist Kenneth C. Parkes, who was for many years Curator of Birds at Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Sangster 2008).

Species

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

• 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. PMID 20696258.
• Sangster, G. (2008). "A new genus for the waterthrushes (Parulidae)". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 128: 212–215. (Parkesia, new genus).