---
title: "Mariquita-dos-charcos-da-louisiana"
description: "Parkesia motacilla — Aves. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/louisiana-waterthrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mariquita-dos-charcos-da-louisiana

> Parkesia motacilla — Aves. 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.

- Scientific name: *Parkesia motacilla*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 11072
- Wikidata: [Q27075882](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075882)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73148](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73148)

## Names

- en: Louisiana Waterthrush
- de: Stelzenwaldsänger
- es: Chipe arroyero
- fr: Paruline hochequeue
- it: Seiuro della Luisiana
- nl: Louisianawaterlijster
- pt: Mariquita-dos-charcos-da-louisiana
- pl: Lasówka potokowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (7685), MX (1354), CA (194), CR (154), HN (93), PA (66), CU (63), BZ (61), GT (46), NI (31), DO (25), SV (19)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Mariquita-dos-charcos-da-louisiana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/louisiana-waterthrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193337146

## Machine access

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