Description: Dark brown above, whitish to pale yellowish below and
supercilium. Dark streaking on breast. Best distinguished from very similar Louisiana
Waterthrush by thinner, more yellowish supercilium and typically spotted throat, drabber
leg color. Habitat should be considered when identifying waterthrushes. Song is best
indicator of species. |
Song: A series of loud, emphatic notes ending in lower notes,
evenly spaced.
Recording
Produced by: Library of Natural
Sounds at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. |
Distribution: Breeds from Alaska into northeast Washington and the
Cascade Mountains, east across boreal Canada through the northern Great Lakes states to
Newfoundland, south to Pennsylvania. Also into the Appalachian Mountains. Prefers thickets
near woodland swamps and bogs.Winters mainly from Mexico south to northern South
America and throughout the West Indies and Bermuda.
Earliest spring migrants typically arrive in the South by early April. Arrives in Canada
mid-May, late May in northernmost breeding regions.
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