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PRB-0346Passeriformes

Northern Waterthrush

Pizpita de Mangle

Parkesia noveboracensis

Native / natural occurrenceIUCN LC · Least Concern

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.

FamilyParulidaeNew World Warblers
Puerto Rico occurrenceNative / natural occurrenceAvibase inferred core 380
Primary habitatwetlandsWetland
Primary dietInvertebrateInvertivore
Average mass16.55 gGlobal trait estimate
MovementMigratoryTerrestrial

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Sound recorded by Paul Lenrumé · XC1100467 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Northern Waterthrush

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.

Conservation

Least Concern

IUCN LC

Global IUCN
LC
Puerto Rico DNER
No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA
No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat
Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat
wetlands
Elevation
0–2000 m
Nest
Crevice; Tree cavity · Ground
Clutch
1–6 eggs
Social behavior
Social / flocking; Pairs / family groups; Singly and pairs; Solitary

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