waterthrush

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Waterthrushes

| image = Seiurus_motacillaEMP17CB.jpg

| image_caption = Louisiana waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)

| taxon = Parkesia

| authority = Sangster, 2008

| type_species = Motacilla noveboracensis

| type_species_authority = Gmelin JF, 1789

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 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).{{Cite journal | last1=Lovette | first1=I. J. | last2=Pérez-Emán | first2=J. L. | last3=Sullivan | first3=J. P. | last4=Banks | first4=R. C. | last5=Fiorentino | first5=I. | last6=Córdoba-Córdoba | first6=S. | last7=Echeverry-Galvis | first7=M. A. | last8=Barker | first8=F. K. | last9=Burns | first9=K. J. | last10=Klicka| first10=J. | last11=Lanyon | first11=S. M. | last12=Bermingham | first12=E. | title=A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves) | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=57 | issue=2 | pages=753–770 | year=2010 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.018 }}

Taxonomy

The genus Parkesia was introduced in 2008 by George Sangster with the northern waterthrush as the type species. The generic name was chosen to honor the American ornithologist Kenneth Carroll Parkes, who was for many years Curator of Birds at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.{{cite journal|last=Sangster|first= G. |year=2008|title=A new genus for the waterthrushes (Parulidae)|journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club|volume=128|pages=212–215 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45653810}}.

Species

The genus contains two species.{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2023 | title=New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 13.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/warblers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=22 November 2023 }}

{{Species table |genus= Parkesia |authority-name=Sangster |authority-year= 2008|species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Northern waterthrush |binomial=Parkesia noveboracensis

|image=File:Northern waterthrush in Central Park (14717).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Gmelin |authority-year=1789 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= North America in Canada and the northern United States including Alaska

|range-image=File:Parkesia noveboracensis map.svg

|range-image-size=180px

|size=

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|iucn-status= LC

|population=

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{{Species table/row

|name=Louisiana waterthrush |binomial=Parkesia motacilla

|image=File:Louisiana Waterthrush San Pedro House Sierra Vista AZ 2018-01-30 12-32-58 (39323081154).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Vieillot |authority-year=1809 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= eastern North America and winters in the West Indies and Central America

|range-image=File:Parkesia motacilla map.svg