Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens) - HBW 9, p. 369
French: Pioui de l’Est
German: Östlicher Waldschnäppertyrann
Spanish: Pibí Oriental
Taxonomy: [Muscicapa] virens Linnaeus, 1766, Carolina, USA.
Thought by some possibly to form a superspecies with C. sordidulus and C. cinereus; has been considered conspecific with former. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds SE Canada (Saskatchewan E to Maritime Provinces) and S in USA to SC Texas, Gulf Coast states and C Florida. Winters mainly from Colombia and Venezuela S to N Bolivia and W Brazil, casually as far N as Costa Rica.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched. Locality San Antonio de Belén, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Richard Garrigues 14 October 2012 30 weeks ago 23 sec 4.5 -
Head-on and side view of a bird on a branch Locality The Willows, Sea Rim State Park, Jefferson County, Texas, USA (United States)
steve dillinger 22 April 2008 3 years ago 20 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched. Locality San Antonio de Belén, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Richard Garrigues 14 October 2012 30 weeks ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A bird in its perch Locality Soberanía National Park, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 2 years ago 49 sec 4.4 -
Calling Locality Soberanía National Park, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree, rubbing the bill and flycatching successfully Locality San Gervasio, Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 September 2006 6 years ago 30 sec 3.9
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The bird is perched on a close by branch.
Locality Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA (United States)
Charles Rose IV 14 July 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
A Contopus flycatcher on a branch, long primary projection.
Locality Bogotá, Colombia
mauricio rueda 19 November 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
Perched on an exposed branch.
Locality Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 3 November 2012 15 weeks ago 4 -
Bird on a branch just above the ground.
Locality Panama City, Panama Province, Panama
Dannie Polley 17 July 2010 2 years ago 4 -
On a branch
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 7 June 2009 2 years ago 3.9 -
Perched on a branch.
Locality Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Monotypic species)
Ken Simonite 14 July 2012 43 weeks ago 3.8
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Singing on territory Locality Bracebridge, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada
(Monotypic species)
Andrew_Davis 6 July 2005 3 years ago 3 -
Calls from a lone bird overwintering in the Amazon. Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Bradley Davis 31 March 2004 3 years ago 0
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