Louisiana Waterthrush

Louisiana Waterthrush

Taxobox
name = Louisiana Waterthrush
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_width = 200px
image_caption = Louisiana Waterthrush by LA Fuertes
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Parulidae
genus = "Seiurus"
species = "S. motacilla"
binomial = "Seiurus motacilla"
binomial_authority = (Vieillot, 1809)The Louisiana Waterthrush, "Seiurus motacilla ", is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southernmost Canada and south through the eastern USA, excluding Florida and the coast.

It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies. This is a rare vagrant to the western USA.

The Louisiana Waterthrush has a plain brown back and white underparts streaked with black. The flanks and undertail are buff. There is a strong white flared supercilium, and the legs are bright pink. All plumages are similar, but young birds have buff underparts rather than white.

The only confusion species is the closely related Northern Waterthrush, "Seiurus noveboracensis", which has white flanks and undertail and duller pink legs.

The breeding habitat is wet woodlands near running water. Louisiana Waterthrushes nest in a rock crevice or amongst tree roots, laying 4-6 eggs in a cup nest.

These birds are terrestrial feeders, seeking insects, molluscs and crustaceans amongst the leaf litter.

The song is a musical series of descending notes followed by a warble. The call is a hard "chink".

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

*"New World Warblers" by Curson, Quinn and Beadle, ISBN 0-7136-3932-6

External links

* [http://audubon-print.com/louisiana-water-thrush.html Louisiana Water Thrush by John Audubon]
* [http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i6760id.html Louisiana Waterthrush - Seiurus motacilla] - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
* [http://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/louisiana_waterthrush_info.htm Louisiana Waterthrush Information] - South Dakota Birds and Birding
* [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Louisiana_Waterthrush.html Louisiana Waterthrush Species Account] - Cornell Lab of Ornithology


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