Ovenbirds or furnariids are a large family of small suboscine passerine birds found from Mexico and Central to southern South America.

The ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla), which breeds in North America, is not a furnariid – rather it is a distantly related bird of the wood warbler family, Parulidae.

Furnariid nests are always constructed with a cover, and up to six pale blue, greenish or white eggs are laid.

[4] The cladogram below showing the subfamilies of the ovenbirds is based on a molecular genetic studies that revealed that Sclerurinae was the first group to diverge[5][6] The species numbers are from the list maintained by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC).

[13][14][15] The taxonomic arrangement presented below is based on molecular genetic studies of ovenbird relationships.

Among these, two have been classified within the extant genera Cinclodes and Pseudoseisura, while the remaining three belong into the extinct genus Pseudoseisuropsis.