- Contopus lugubris
Identification
26.5cm
- Sooty grey above
- Pale olive grey below
- Yellow lower belly
- Crown has prominent crest
- Pale grey throat
- Black wings with grey feather edges and a weak wing bar
- Black tail
- Sexes similar
Juvenile
- Browner above
- Rufous fringed wing feathers
Distribution
South America: found in the montane forests of Costa Rica and extreme western Panama (Chiriqu¡).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Cloud forest and forest edges, above 4000ft.
Behaviour
Breeding
The female builds a broad, thick-walled saucer nest from moss and lichen, lined with plant fibres. The 2 eggs are incubated by the female for 15-16 days.
Diet
The diet includes insects which are hawked aerially.
Vocalisation
Call: loud whip.
Song: repetitive fred-reek-fear.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Dark Pewee. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dark_Pewee
