(Seiurus aurocapilla)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
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Size |
5¾″ to 6″ in length 9½″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
Breeding: Mature deciduous and mixed forests with little understory growth Migration: Thickets, woodlands |
Ecology |
Migration |
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Nesting |
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Food |
Worms, snails, spiners, and insects; sometimes seeds. |
Distribution |
Occurrence |
Common |
Maps |
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
Taxonomy |
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Class |
Aves (birds) |
Order |
Passeriformes (perching birds) |
Family |
Parulidae (New World warblers, wood warblers) |
Genus |
Seiurus (ovenbirds) |
Ovenbird is the only species in the genus Seiurus. |
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Subordinate Taxa |
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Northeastern Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla aurocapilla) Gray Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla cinereus) Newfoundland Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla furvior) |
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Synonyms |
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Seiurus aurocapillus |
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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2010 Ovenbirds are like miniature wood-thrushes, but without the sweet song. They also have an attractive black-bordered, dull orange crown stripe. These males were filmed in a reserve owned by the University of Missouri near Ashland, MO |
Singing Ovenbird |
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Uploaded on May 24, 2008 Ovenbird singing |
Ovenbird |
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Uploaded on May 8, 2011 Ovenbird singing in a Maine forest. © 2011 Garth McElroy License at http://www.paya.com/videos/135219 |
Ovenbird (Emberizidae: Seiurus aurocapilla) Foraging |
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Uploaded on May 12, 2011 A more peaceable view of the often reclusive Ovenbird. Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (12 May 2011). |
The Oven Bird |
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Published on Oct 9, 2012 Clemson naturalist Patrick McMillan visits with naturalist and Foothills Trail Conference member Heyward Douglass on birding and other wildlife issues. Today they discuss the Oven Bird. Your Day airs Monday through Thursday from 12 noon to 1 pm EST on the South Carolina ETV Radio Network: Greenville, WEPR-FM 90.1 To better serve our listeners, we'd like to know how you feel about our programming. We invite your comments, questions, and suggestions, so let us hear from you! Clemson University Radio Productions |
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