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| 1. | an American warbler, Seiurus aurocapillus, that builds an oven-shaped nest of leaves, twigs, etc., on the forest floor. |
| 2. | any of several South American passerine birds of the genus Furnarius of the family Furnariidae, certain species of which build an oven-shaped nest. |
| ov·en·bird (ŭv'ən-bûrd') n.
[From its oven-shaped nest.] |
ovenbird
any of several species of small birds, named for building a domed nest with a side entrance, especially Seiurus aurocapillus, a wood warbler (family Parulidae, order Passeriformes) of North America east of the Rockies; it winters south to Colombia. Brownish-olive above, with a streaked breast, white eye ring, and black-edged orange crown, the bird looks like a small thrush. Its song, "tee-cher," is repeated with increasing intensity in dank woods. The ovenbird walks, unlike most other wood warblers, which hop. Its nest is a dome of grass placed on the ground
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