Louisiana Waterthrush
Parkesia motacilla
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Louisiana waterthrush is a New World warbler, that breeds in eastern North America and winters in the West Indies and Central America. Plain brown above, it is white below, with black streaks and with buff flanks and undertail, distinguishing it from the closely related northern waterthrush. The habitats it prefers are streams and their surroundings, and other wet areas.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Parulidae
- Genus
- Parkesia