ovenbird

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O0173800 (ŭv′ən-bûrd′)n.1. A thrushlike warbler (Seiurus aurocapilla) of the Americas, having a loud call and characteristically building a domed, oven-shaped nest on the ground. Also called teacher bird.2. Any of various South American birds of the family Furnariidae, especially of the genus Furnarius.

[From its oven-shaped nest.]

ovenbird

(ˈʌvənˌbɜːd) n1. (Animals) any of numerous small brownish South American passerine birds of the family Furnariidae that build oven-shaped clay nests2. (Animals) a common North American warbler, Seiurus aurocapillus, that has an olive-brown striped plumage with an orange crown and builds a cup-shaped nest on the ground

ov•en•bird

(ˈʌv ənˌbɜrd)

n. 1. a North American wood warbler, Seiurus aurocapillus, that builds an oven-shaped nest on the forest floor. 2. any of numerous suboscine songbirds of the family Furnariidae, ranging from S Mexico through South America, some species of which build an oven-shaped nest. [1815–25]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ovenbird - American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the groundSeiurus aurocapillusNew World warbler, wood warbler - small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical songgenus Seiurus, Seiurus - ovenbirds and water thrushes
	2.	ovenbird - small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay neststyrannid - a passerine bird of the suborder TyranniFurnarius, genus Furnarius - type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds

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common name for a member of the family Furnariidae, primitive passerine birds, which build elaborate, domed nests of clay or dig tunnels in the ground to lay their eggs. Ovenbirds are most common in South America, where most are forest dwellers, although a few species are found on the coast and some high in the Andes. The North American ovenbird is not a member of this group, but is a warblerwarbler,
name applied in the New World to members of the wood warbler family (Parulidae) and in the Old World to a large family (Sylviidae) of small, drab, active songsters, including the hedge sparrow, the kinglet, and the tailorbird of SE Asia, Orthotomus sutorius,
..... Click the link for more information. . True ovenbirds are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Furnariidae.

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noun American warbler

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noun small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests

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