Northern Waterthrush

The Northern Waterthrush is one of the larger New World warblers. It breeds in the northern part of North America in Canada, and in the northern United States, . This bird is migratory, wintering in Central America, the West Indies, and Florida; also Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe; also other South American countries.

The Northern Waterthrush is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Northern Waterthrush: a plain up-and-down bobbing of the tail and rear body. Louisiana Waterthrush: a more “sinewy” bobbing that includes also moving the tail/rear body to the sides. The shape and colour of the supercilium Northern Waterthrush: narrowing at the rear and very often yellowish or buffy white. Louisiana Waterthrush: broad, bold and white, and not narrowing. More

Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis = REPORT SIGHTING ADD TO LIFE LIST ADD TO TARGET SPECIES LIST REMOVE FROM WATCH LISTadult© Vireo click to enlarge click to enlarge Listen FAMILY Wood Warblers Family Description DESCRIPTION 6" (15 cm). A terrestrial, thrush-like warbler. Olive-brown above; pale yellowish below with black streaks; narrow, yellowish-white eyebrow; streaked yellowish throat. More

Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis Order PASSERIFORMES – Family PARULIDAE Issue No. 182 Authors: Eaton, Stephen W. * Articles * Multimedia * References Courtesy Preview This Introductory article that you are viewing is a courtesy preview of the full life history account of this species. The remaining articles (Distribution, Habitat, Behavior, etc. More

The Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis) is one of the larger New World warblers. It breeds in the northern part of North America in Canada, and in the northern United States, (in areas including Alaska). This bird is migratory, wintering in Central America, the West Indies, and Florida; also Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe; also other South American countries. More

Northern Waterthrush - Seiurus noveboracensis * Northern Waterthrush Global Rank: G5 State Rank: S5B Agency Status USFWS: none USFS: none BLM: none FWP Conservation Tier: 3 PIF: none General DescriptionDark brown above, whitish to pale yellowish below and supercilium. Dark streaking on breast. More

The Northern Waterthrush has an enormous range reaching up to roughly 7,600,000 square kilometers. This bird can be found across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, Latin and parts of South America. There are also populations in the UK, France and even French Polynesia. It prefers an ecological system ranging from forest and shrub lands to wetlands. The global population of this bird is estimated to be around 13,000,000 individual birds. More

northern waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis) is a swamp thing, a seeker of wet woodlands far from where most people go. Summers are spent amid the swamps and sluggish rivers of the far north’s forests, with beavers, moose, and bears for neighbors. In winter, they head south to tropical swamps, trading northern conifers for southern mangroves. The thrushes get a whole new set of neighbors including boa constrictors, manatees, iguanas, and fish-eating bats. More

The northern waterthrush's favorite winter habitat is mangrove forests that grow along the coastlines. Here the birds forage for insects and other invertebrates on muddy ground between the stiltlike roots of mangroves. Joseph Smith, a graduate student in Zoo scientist Peter Marra's lab, just completed intensive studies of the winter ecology of the northern waterthrush in Puerto Rico. He found that waterthrushes use 4 basic habitats within the mangrove system: black mangrove, white mangrove, red mangrove, and scrub. More

The Northern Waterthrush migrates from the mangroves of Central and South America to the northern forests of North America, to breed by still or sluggish water. Classified as a warbler, this small songbird shares with thrushes both its general appearance and its tendency to stay on the ground. The bird's genus name means "tail shaker" and describes the constant bobbing of its rear end as it walks—even seeming to dance—along the water's edge. More

The Northern Waterthrush is brownish above and whitish below, with a faint yellow wash. The under-parts are streaked with brown. The whitish eyebrow contrasts with a dark line from the bill through the eye. The posture of the Northern Waterthrush is somewhat horizontal, which accentuates its long body. The sexes have similar plumage. Early ornithologists did not distinguish Northern from Louisiana Waterthrushes. Subtle clues can help careful observers identify them. More

Northern Waterthrush: Breeds from Alaska and much of Canada south to the northern U.S. Spends winters in the tropics. Prefers cool, dark, wooded swamps, thickets of bogs, margins of northern lakes, and willow and alder bordered rivers; during the spring and fall migration, often found in thick cover along streams, marshes, and stagnant pools. More

Northern Waterthrush Range MapView dynamic map of eBird sightings Field MarksHelp - * AdultPopOutZoom In Adult * © Kevin T. Karlson Similar Species - * Very similar to Louisiana Waterthrush. More

The Northern Waterthrush is a large new world warbler with a length of 12–14 cm (5-6 in, wingspan of 21–24 cm (8-9 in and average weight between 13–25 g (0.46-0.88 oz) On the head, the crown in brown with a white supercilium. The bill is pointed and brown. The throat is lightly streaked brown to black with heavier streaking continuing onto breast and flanks. The back is evenly brown. Sexes are morphologically similar. Young birds have buff, rather than white underparts. More

The Northern Waterthrush is 13.5 cm long, weighs 15 g, and has a plain brown back with white underparts streaked with black. This bird displays a white supercilium (line above eye), and its legs are pink. All of its plumages are similar, although young birds have buff, rather than white. underparts. More

A back view of a Northern Waterthrush, as it moves about in a wet area, near a ground spring at the John Penekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, Florida, USA. A back view of a Northern Waterthrush, as it moves about in a wet area, near a ground spring at the John Penekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, Florida, USA. A front view of a Northern Waterthrush, resting a the base of a fresh water supply basin, located inside Fort Jefferson, on the Dry Tortugas Island, west of Key West, Florida, USA. More

North American RangeThe Northern Waterthrush is a large warbler with a long, heavy bill and a flattish head. Males and females look alike. They are dark brown above and buff-white with dark streaks below. They have distinctive dark eye-lines with a white line above that, and dark caps. Their wings and tails appear solid dark-brown from above. More

Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis At-a-Glance • Incubation: 13 days • Clutch Size: 4-5 eggs • Young Fledge: 10 days after hatching • Typical Foods: larval and adult insects, spiders, and snails Description This thrush-like warbler is olive-brown with a yellowish underside with black streaks and a yellowish-white eyebrow. It bobs its tail frequently. More

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Northern Waterthrush, is the closely-related Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla), which has buff flanks, a buff undertail, and bright pink legs. The Louisiana Waterthrush also tends to have a white throat which displays less streaks than would be found on the throat. Both waterthrush species walk rather than hop, and seem to teeter, since they bob their rear ends as they move along. The breeding habitat of the Northern Waterthrush is wet woodlands near water. More

* Northern Waterthrush profile at weaselhead.org * Northern Waterthrush profile at the USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter Walking along in Bow Valley Provincial Park on a day trip, July 26, 2003, we saw movement on a fallen tree trunk to the right of a spot with a lot of Sparrow and Junco activity (including a Chipping Sparrow). More

The Northern Waterthrush, a member of the warbler family, migrates from its home in the Neotropical Zone to breed in the forests of Canada and the higher altitudes of the northern Rockies and Appalachian Mountains. During migration, they are commonly seen in the USA as they make their way to and from their breeding grounds. Their winter home is coastal Mexico, northern South America and the islands of the Caribbean. More