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Contopus latirostris

Photo by njlarsen of a bird from Dominica

[edit] Identification

A small flycatcher of about 15 cm (5,75 inches). It is mainly olive-brown, with lighter, more yellow underside. No significant wing bars or panels.

[edit] Distribution

Lesser Antillean Pewee is found in St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, and Guadeloupe, and a related form is found in Puerto Rico.

[edit] Taxonomy

The Raffaele Field Guide for Birds of the West Indies have both the St Lucia and the Puerto Rico forms as different species; at least for the St. Lucia form, no supporting evidence has ever been published. Clements lists them as different subspecies, not species.

[edit] Habitat

Primarily in mountain forests and edges

[edit] Behaviour

Flies out from perches for insects, sometimes returning to the same perch, sometimes moving on in the same direction to the next.

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