Click here to go to the home page and find out more. | Click here to join.

Welcome to BirdForum.

BirdForum is the net's largest birding community, dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE! You are most welcome to register for an account, which allows you to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Personal tools

Main Categories

Search

Toolbox

Views

Category:Contopus

From Opus

Revision as of 16:14, 27 March 2009 by Wintibird (Talk | contribs)

(diff) â†Older revision | Current revision (diff) | Newer revisionâ†’ (diff)

Jump to:navigation, search

Genus: Contopus

[edit] Description

The genus Contopus is a group of small to medium-sized insectivorous birds in family Tyrannidae, the Tyrant flycatchers. The common names for all except one is Pewee, a name derived from the call of the Eastern Wood Pewee, Contopus virens. Their appearance is typical of the tyrant flycatchers - overall gray to olive, with prominent wing bars, and can be difficult to distinguish among other members of the family.

[edit] Taxonomy

Contopus is a genus in the Family Tyrannidae.

Genus Contopus	view â€¢ edit

C. cooperi

Olive-sided Flycatcher

C. pertinax

Greater Pewee

C. lugubris

Dark Pewee

C. fumigatus

Smoke-colored Pewee

C. ochraceus

Ochraceous Pewee

C. sordidulus

Western Wood-Pewee

C. virens

Eastern Wood-Pewee

C. cinereus

Tropical Pewee

C. caribaeus

Cuban Pewee

C. pallidus

Jamaican Pewee

C. hispaniolensis

Hispaniolan Pewee

C. latirostris

Lesser Antillean Pewee

C. albogularis

White-throated Pewee

C. nigrescens

Blackish Pewee

Articles in category "Contopus"

There are 14 articles in this category.

Search the net with ask.com

Page generated in 0.65000796 seconds with 7 queries

BirdForum

The net's largest birding community, dedicated to wild birds