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Category:Contopus

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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 • 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

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