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Cuban Pewee

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Photo by LCpete Location: Caya Guillermo Cuba

Photo by LCpete
Location: Caya Guillermo Cuba

Contopus caribaeus

Contents

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

Grey above
Pale yellow below
Dark grey head
Bushy crest
White crescent behind eye
Dark wings, 2 faint wingbars
Black upper mandible
Yellow lower mandible
Sexes alike

[edit] Distribution

Cuba and northern Bahamas.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 5 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Pine forest, plantations, brushland, edges of swamps and mangroves.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects which are hawked aerially.

[edit] References

Whatbird

[edit] External Links

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