The waterthrushes are a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of New World warbler, ''Parkesia''. The genus was split from ''Seiurus'', which previously contained both waterthrush species and the

ovenbird The ovenbird (''Seiurus aurocapilla'') is a small songbird of the New World warbler family (biology), family (Parulidae). This bird migration, migratory bird breeds in eastern North America and winters in Central America, many List of Caribbean ...

. When the genera split, the ovenbird was the only member left in ''Seiurus'' (making it a

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genus).

Taxonomy

The genus ''Parkesia'' was introduced in 2008 by George Sangster with the northern waterthrush as the

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. The generic name was chosen to honor the American ornithologist Kenneth Carroll Parkes, who was for many years Curator of Birds at

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Species

The genus contains two species.

References

Parulidae {{Parulidae-stub