Pewee

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Western Wood Pewee
Western Wood Pewee
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Contopus
Cabanis, 1855
Species

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The genus Contopus is a group of small to medium-sized insect-eating birds in the Tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

These birds are commonly known as peewees, from the call of one of the more common members of this vocal group. They are generally greyish birds with wing bars that live in wooded areas.

[edit] Species

  • Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus cooperi
  • Greater Pewee, Contopus pertinax
  • Dark Pewee, Contopus lugubris
  • Smoke-colored Pewee, Contopus fumigatus
  • Ochraceous Pewee, Contopus ochraceus
  • Western Wood Pewee, Contopus sordidulus
  • Eastern Wood Pewee, Contopus virens
  • Tropical Pewee, Contopus cinereus
  • Blackish Pewee, Contopus nigrescens
  • Cuban Pewee, Contopus caribaeus
  • Jamaican Pewee, Contopus pallidus
  • Hispaniolan Pewee, Contopus hispaniolensis
  • Lesser Antillean Pewee, Contopus latirostris
  • White-throated Pewee, Contopus albogularis
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