Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParulidae (Parúlids)
- GenusSeiurus
- SpeciesSeiurus aurocapilla (Ovenbird)
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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Death Valley National Park
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celata
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Northern Yellow Warbler
Setophaga aestiva
Lucy's Warbler
Leiothlypis luciae
MacGillivray's Warbler
Geothlypis tolmiei
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
Townsend's Warbler
Setophaga townsendi
Audubon's Warbler
Setophaga auduboni
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Ovenbird at Death Valley National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there