Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Contopus (16 species)


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White-throated Pewee (Contopus albogularis)
Range: SA: ne Amazonia
   


A limited range greyish pewee with a bright white throat.

Northern Tropical Pewee
Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis brachytarsus)
Range: MA, SA: se Mexico to n SA from n Colombia to ne Brazil
Arenal, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Non-migratory. Sometimes with a yellower belly and darker crest than Eastern Wood Pewee or Western Wood Pewee.

Cuban Pewee
Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
Range: NA: Cuba and Bahamas
Cuba  
   
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info

Cuban Pewee
Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
Range: NA: Cuba and Bahamas
Cuba  
   
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


Southern Tropical Pewee
Southern Tropical Pewee (Contopus cinereus cinereus)
Range: SA: s, se Brazil to Paraguay and n Argentina
Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Olive-sided Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) Near Threatened
Range: NA: w Alaska to sw USA, nw Mexico, ec USA and se Canada
Huila, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Also called Olive-sided Pewee. Migrates from the boreal pine forests, and disperses widely in tropical America. Perches in the open, often high. Slightly larger than the other pewee species (compare to Rusty-margined Flycatcher).
From front.

Smoke-colored Pewee
Smoke-colored Pewee (Contopus fumigatus zarumae)
Range: SA: Venezuela to nw Argentina
La Planada, Tolima, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Hispaniolan Pewee
Hispaniolan Pewee (Contopus hispaniolensis hispaniolensis)
Range: NA: Hispaniola
Dominican Republic  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Lesser Antillean Pewee
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris blancoi)
Range: NA: Lesser Antilles
Bosque Estatal de Maricao, Puerto Rico  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.

Lesser Antillean Pewee
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris blancoi)
Range: NA: Lesser Antilles
Bosque Estatal de Maricao, Puerto Rico  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.


Dark Pewee
Dark Pewee (Contopus lugubris)
Range: MA: Costa Rica and w Panama
Monserrat, Coronado, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Blackish Pewee
Blackish Pewee (Contopus nigrescens canescens)
Range: SA: Ecuador, Peru and e Amazonia
Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Rare and local.

Ochraceous Pewee
Ochraceous Pewee (Contopus ochraceus)
Range: MA: Costa Rica and w Panama
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Jamaican Pewee
Jamaican Pewee (Contopus pallidus)
Range: NA: Jamaica
Blue Mountains NP, Portland, Jamaica  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.


Greater Pewee
Greater Pewee (Contopus pertinax)
Range: NA, MA: sw USA to Nicaragua
Huachuca Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, United States  
   
Photograph by Alan Schmierer   Image has been placed in the Public Domain.


Tumbes Pewee
Tumbes Pewee (Contopus punensis)
Range: SA: w Ecuador, w Peru
Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Graham Montgomery   © All Rights Reserved.


Western Wood Pewee
Western Wood Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
Range: NA, MA: w
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. Very difficult to differentiate from the Eastern Wood Pewee when ranges overlap. Supposedly more greyish, and with less of an orange/pink lower mandible.

Eastern Wood Pewee
Eastern Wood Pewee (Contopus virens)
Range: NA: sc, se Canada to sc, se USA
Isla San Andres, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. Very difficult to differentiate from the Western Wood Pewee when ranges overlap. Usually perched out in the open, sometimes in the canopy and sometimes less than a meter above ground. May allow a close approach.


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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba