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title: "Ovenbird"
description: "Seiurus aurocapilla — Birds. The ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family Parulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/ovenbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ovenbird

> Seiurus aurocapilla — Birds. The ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family Parulidae.

- Scientific name: *Seiurus aurocapilla*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 31672
- Wikidata: [Q796672](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q796672)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62550](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62550)

## Names

- en: Ovenbird
- de: Pieperwaldsänger
- es: Chipe suelero
- fr: Paruline couronnée
- nl: Ovenvogel
- pt: Mariquita-forneira
- pl: Lasówka złotogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (21358), CA (4286), MX (1179), HN (103), CU (97), DO (94), CR (80), BZ (52), GT (43), BS (38), PA (38), SV (27)

## Summary

The ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Seiurus. This migratory bird breeds in eastern North America and winters in Central America, many Caribbean islands, Florida and northern Venezuela.
Despite its name, it is not in the ovenbird family of birds.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovenbird

## Photo

![Ovenbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ovenbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98072049

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ovenbird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).