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ˈoven-bird
A name given to various birds which build a domed or oven-shaped nest. a. Applied by ornithologists generally to the genus Furnarius of the neotropical family Dendrocolaptidæ, esp. F. rufus. b. Locally applied to (a) the Willow Wren, in Norfolk also oven-tit and ground-oven; (b) the Long-tailed or Bottle Titmouse, also oven-builder and bush-oven; (c) the American Golden-crowned Thrush (Seiurus auricapillus).
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Oven-bird, the long-tailed titmouse... The allusion is to the nest. 1848Zoologist VI. 2186 Sylvia Trochilus is the ‘oven-bird’, so called..from the shape of its nest. 1867Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. II. 259 The oven-birds derive their name from the peculiar form of their nest. 1882–5W. H. D. Adams Bird World 455 In the neighbourhood of the South American rivers is found the oven-bird, one of the Certhiidæ, or creepers. 1892W. H. Hudson Nat. La Plata 63, I could not endure to see the havoc they were making amongst the ovenbirds (Furnarius rufus). 1893Advance (Chicago) 18 May, The oven-bird or accentor, announcing his presence with his startling song. |