Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The northern waterthrush is a species of ground-feeding migratory New World warbler of the genus Parkesia. It breeds in the northern part of North America, in Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States; it winters in Florida, Central America, the West Indies, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. It is a rare vagrant to other South American countries and to western Europe. Its closest relative is the Louisiana waterthrush.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Parulidae
- Genus
- Parkesia