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Contopus pertinax

Photo by Michael W
Photographed: Sawmill Canyon, Fort Huachuca, Arizona

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

North America: Arizona
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• C. p. pertinax (pallidiventris):

• South-western US to southern Mexico; winters to Belize and Guatemala

• C. p. minor:

• Highlands of Belize, Honduras, El Salvador and northern Nicaragua

[edit] Habitat

Desert Riparian zone and secondary woodland. Nests in conferous forests

[edit] Behaviour

Usually perches near treetops, flying out to catch insects.

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