The Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.
Ovenbirds are 14 cm long and weigh 18 g. They have white underparts streaked with black, and olive-brown upperparts. They have white eye rings, pinkish legs and thin pointed bills. They have orange lines on the top of their crowns, which are bordered on each side with dark brown. The song of the Ovenbird sounds like the word "teacher" repeated about eight tim...
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The Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.
Ovenbirds are 14 cm long and weigh 18 g. They have white underparts streaked with black, and olive-brown upperparts. They have white eye rings, pinkish legs and thin pointed bills. They have orange lines on the top of their crowns, which are bordered on each side with dark brown. The song of the Ovenbird sounds like the word "teacher" repeated about eight times while increasing in volume. The syllables can also be reversed, although the accent remains on the first syllable, producing the pattern "chertea-chertea-chertea...". The call is a dry chut.
Their breeding habitats are mature deciduous and mixed forests, especially sites with less undergrowth, which can be found across Canada and the eastern United States. Ovenbirds migrate to the southeastern United States, the West Indies, and from Mexico to northern South America.
This bird seems just capable of crossing the Atlantic, as there have been...
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