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Louisiana Waterthrush -
(Seiurus motacilla) 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Dark olive brown upperside
  • White underneath with brown streaks
  • White throat, thick white eyebrow
  • Wags tail up and down while walking
  • 6" (15 cm.)

Habitat

  • Forested stream banks

Additional Information

  • Uncommon spring migrant and summer
         resident
  • Wisconsin species of special concern
  • WI is at northern edge of range
  • Nests along steep ravines near river
  • While establishing territory, males sing
         nearly all day
  • Very similar to Northern Waterthrush,
         a migrant
  • KVR breeding bird found near the river

Comparable Species

Louisiana Waterthrush wading in small stream

 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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