Northern waterthrush
| Northern waterthrush | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Parulidae |
| Genus: | Parkesia |
| Species: | P. noveboracensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Parkesia noveboracensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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| Range of P. noveboracensis Breeding range Wintering range
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| Synonyms | |
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Seiurus noveboracensis | |
The northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 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.