Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla Scientific name definitions

Brady J. Mattsson, Terry L. Master, Robert S. Mulvihill, and W. Douglas Robinson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 16, 2009

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Recommended Citation

Mattsson, B. J., T. L. Master, R. S. Mulvihill, and W. D. Robinson (2020). Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.louwat.01
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