Pewee

Pewees
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.

Species