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| Seiurus motacilla ( 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 migratoryLong-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern he, wintering in Central AmericaCentral America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. Some geographers classify Central America as a large isthmus, and in this geographic sense it sometimes in 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 WaterthrushNorthern Waterthrush Scientific Classification : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Parulidae Seiurus noveboracensis Binomial name ''Seiurus noveboracensis Gmelin, 1789) The Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis is a New World warbler., 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 insectSubclass Apterygota Symphypleona globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Palaeodictyoptera extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata ( dragonfls, molluscs and crustaceanCrustaceans Hyalella azteca Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea Classes Remipedia Cephalocarida Branchiopoda Ostracoda Maxillopoda Malacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,s amongst the leaf litter.
The song is a musical series of descending notes followed by a warble. The call is a hard chink.