| Waterthrushes | |
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| Parkesia motacilla | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Clade: | Nine-primaried oscines |
| Epifamily: | Icteroidae |
| Clade: | Blackbird and warbler group |
| Subfamily: | Vermivorinae |
| Genus: | Parkesia Sangster, 2008 |
| Species | |
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Northern Waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis | |
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[]
- doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.018
This citation will be automatically completed in the next few minutes. You can jump the queue or expand by hand - Sangster, G. (2008). "A new genus for the waterthrushes (Parulidae)". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 128: 212–215.
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This article is part of Project Bird Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each genus, including made-up genera. |