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Louisiana Waterthrush

Parkesia motacilla

The Louisiana Waterthrush is a small bird that loves to live near water. It has a beautiful song and is known for hopping around on the ground looking for tasty bugs and worms.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

Aussehen

The Louisiana Waterthrush is a medium-sized warbler with a brownish-olive back and clean white underparts, streaked faintly with dark brown. A prominent white stripe above its eye, called a supercilium, contrasts sharply with its dark crown, and it has pinkish legs.

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Louisiana Waterthrush

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Each male defends a long stretch of stream, announcing his territory with a powerful, echoing song.

They are very picky about their homes, needing pristine, fast-flowing forest streams to thrive.

This tiny warbler often walks *underwater* to find its favorite food, aquatic insect larvae!

Unlike most warblers, they spend their days walking along the ground near water, not in trees!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Louisiana Waterthrush can wade and walk along streambeds, using its long legs to hunt aquatic insects in rushing water.

Has a distinctive tail-bobbing motion that helps it balance on slippery rocks and blends into the moving water.

Can sing a loud, rapid, and complex song that cuts through the noise of its fast-flowing stream habitat.

Maße und Details

Länge: 14-16 cm
Flügelspannweite: 23-25 cm
Gewicht: 0.017-0.021 kg
Lebenserwartung: 3-8 Jahre
Top Speed: 45 km/h
Gelegegröße: 4-6
Brutzeit: 12-14 Tage
Zugstrecke: 3500 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

They mostly eat insects and larvae found in or near freshwater streams.

Hauptnahrung

Caddisfly larvae
Mayfly nymphs
Stonefly nymphs
Aquatic beetles
Small crustaceans
Spiders

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

A swift predator that hunts small birds.

eaten by

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Preys on eggs and nestlings.

eats

Spotted Mayfly

Stenacron interpunctatum

Feeds on larvae and nymphs in streams.

eaten by

American Mink

Mustela vison

A riparian predator that preys on ground-nesting birds.

Merkmale

Gefiedert

Gefiedert beschreibt Tiere, hauptsächlich Vögel, die ein Federkleid besitzen.

Gesang

Singende Tiere erzeugen komplexe Lautäußerungen, oft um Partner anzulocken, ihr Revier zu verteidigen oder innerhalb ihrer Art zu kommunizieren.

Insektenfressend

Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Organismen, deren Nahrung hauptsächlich aus Insekten und anderen kleinen Wirbellosen besteht.

Feuchtgebiet

Dieses Lebensraummerkmal kennzeichnet Arten, die in Feuchtgebieten vorkommen. Dies sind Landflächen, die dauerhaft oder saisonal mit Wasser gesättigt sind, darunter Marschland, Sümpfe und Moore.