- Empidonax minimus
Identification
Gray-olive upperparts, darker wings and tail, white underparts; bold white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail. Gray breast, yellow sides to the belly. The bill is dark above, with pinkish lower mandible; blackish legs.
Similar Species
It is similar in appearance to the larger Eastern Wood Pewee.
Distribution
Canada and the northern United States.
Migrating to Mexico and Central America.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Open deciduous or mixed woods.
Behaviour
They make a cup nest on a fork in a small tree.
Diet includes insects taken in flight or from foliage, also berries.
Voice
The song is a dry che-bec. The call is a sharp whit.
