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Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: PARULIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

A small, inconspicuous bird of the forest floor, the Ovenbird is one of the most characteristic birds of the eastern forests. Its loud song, "teacher, teacher, teacher," rings through the summer forest, but the bird itself is hard to see.

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Calls

  • song, call
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller, Gregory F. Budney
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

A loud, ringing "cher, teacher, teacher, teacher."

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Beyond the Empty Nest, Autumn 2011 Living Bird magazine