I was wondering that too!
But I think this would need a query:
option besides the existing parent:
as your filterBy
example would lead to multiple parent
elements.
I found this issue/idea: https://github.com/getkirby/ideas/issues/28
EDIT:
Seems like something like this is already possible:
pages:
type: pages
headline: Notes
parent: site.index.findBy("template", "notes")