Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2025-49
| Common name: |
Ovenbird |
| Scientific name: | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| Date: | 9/23/2025 |
| Time: | 10:07AM |
| Length of time observed: | NA (specimen in possession) |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | ? |
| Sex: | ? |
| Location: | University of Utah, Life Sciences Building |
| County: | Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | 40.7636111, -111.8513889 |
| Elevation: | 4600ft~ |
| Distance to bird: | 0 (in hand) |
| Optical equipment: | Naked Eye |
| Weather: | Sunny, warm |
| Light Conditions: | Good |
| Description: Size of bird: | small passerine |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | passerine |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | mostly a mix of brown, black and white |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | insectivore |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Gaby Karakcheyeva collected a dead bird found on the U of U campus and
brought it to me to be IDed. Gaby was a Tracy Aviary Conservation
Science intern over the summer and is trained in doing SLACS(Salt Lake
Avian Collision Survey), she started a group at the U of U, where she is
a senior, that do Avian Collision Survey of campus and has been bringing
their birds to us. Several metrics will be measured from the birds to be
used in our data, then they will be donated to the Utah Museum of
Natural History, although some may be retained as display specimens for
our collection as well. I did an examination of the specimen: overall olive-brown warbler with a white torso spotted with black and an eyering, black and orange crown striped consistent with an Ovenbird. Addition photos can be obtained if needed. Also if any committee members wish to examine the specimen let me know and I can arrange that. Gaby asked me to submit the record since she has never done so before and couldn't ID the bird on her own. Photos |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | None (Specimen found dead and collected) |
|
Behavior: |
Specimen found dead and collected |
| Habitat: | Urban-buildings and cultivated landscape |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Waterthrushes-should show a bold eyebrow
and eyeline Hermit/Swainson's Thrushes-Bigger and chunkier, lack crown stripes |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
Yes, I've seen 4 live, and 1 dead specimen from a SLACS survey in 2023 |
| References consulted: | Memory |
| Description from: | From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting |
| Observer: | Bryant Olsen |
| Observer's address: | 84102 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | Tully Frame, Marguerite Tate, Gaby Karakcheyeva |
| Date prepared: | 9/26/25 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional comments: |