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title: "Northern Waterthrush"
description: "Parkesia noveboracensis — Birds. The northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) is a species of ground-feeding migratory New World warbler of the genus Parkesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/northern-waterthrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Waterthrush

> Parkesia noveboracensis — Birds. The northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) is a species of ground-feeding migratory New World warbler of the genus Parkesia.

- Scientific name: *Parkesia noveboracensis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 19004
- Wikidata: [Q27075884](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075884)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73149](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73149)

## Names

- en: Northern Waterthrush
- de: Drosselwaldsänger
- es: Chipe charquero
- fr: Paruline des ruisseaux
- it: Seiuro del nord
- pt: Mariquita-boreal
- pl: Lasówka nadwodna

## Countries with the most observations

US (9959), CA (2811), MX (2007), CO (456), CR (379), PA (280), HN (156), BZ (129), CU (77), SV (75), PR (57), VE (56)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_waterthrush

## Photo

![Northern Waterthrush](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-waterthrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256239010

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-waterthrush?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).