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Pewee

Pewees

Western Wood Pewee
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Tyrranidae
Genus:Contopus
Species

See text.

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

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

The full list of species is:

  • 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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