Louisiana Waterthrush
Parkesia motacilla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParulidae (Parúlids)
- GenusParkesia (Waterthrushes)
- SpeciesParkesia motacilla (Louisiana Waterthrush)
The Louisiana waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) is a New World warbler, that breeds in eastern North America and winters in the West Indies and Central America. Plain brown above, it is white below, with black streaks and with buff flanks and undertail, distinguishing it from the closely related northern waterthrush. The habitats it prefers are streams and their surroundings, and other wet areas. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Irazú Volcano National Park
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Flame-throated Warbler
Oreothlypis gutturalis
Black-cheeked Warbler
Basileuterus melanogenys
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
Collared Redstart
Myioborus torquatus
Wrenthrush
Zeledonia coronata
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
Townsend's Warbler
Setophaga townsendi
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Louisiana Waterthrush at Irazú Volcano National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there