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Definition of "waterthrush" [waterthrush]

  • Either of two New World warblers, Seiurus motacilla (the Louisiana waterthrush) and Seiurus noveboracensis (the Northern waterthrush). (noun)

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Use "waterthrush" in a sentence
  • "Northern waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensisA migratory bird, found predominantly in North America, with a throat lightly streaked brown to black."
  • "Among the numerous bird species found here are the prothonotary warbler, white-eyed vireo, wood duck, yellow-billed cuckoo, Louisiana waterthrush, and all the species found in the Southeastern Mixed Forest."
  • "Wooded areas of the Bluff Hills (74a) are near enough to the streams and wetlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (73) to provide suitable habitat for the Louisiana waterthrush."