Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Greater Pewee (Contopus pertinax) - HBW 9, p. 367
French: Moucherolle de Coues
German: Großer Schnäppertyrann
Spanish: Pibí Tengofrío
Other common names: Coues’s Flycatcher
Taxonomy: C[ontopus] pertinax Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
Formerly placed in genus Myiochanes. May form a superspecies with C. lugubris and C. fumigatus, and formerly treated as a race of latter. Geographical plumage variation slight and clinal, and populations also differ in voice: further study needed. Pale-bellied birds from N of range sometimes separated as race pallidiventris, but better merged with nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pertinax Cabanis & Heine, 1859 - breeds SW USA (C & SW Arizona, SW New Mexico) and W & C Mexico (S to Isthmus of Tehuantepec); winters S to Guatemala and Belize.
- minor (W. deW. Miller & Griscom, 1925) - S Mexico (mainly E of Isthmus of Tehuantepec), Guatemala and Belize S to NC Nicaragua.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird, opening its beak, then flying away. Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp minor)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2009 2 years ago 33 sec 4 -
adult looking around then flying Locality Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States) (ssp pertinax)
Malcolm Mark Swan 30 July 2009 2 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A bird besides a road flycatching successfully twice and singing in between. Locality La Cumbre, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp minor)
Josep del Hoyo 17 April 2009 2 years ago 52 sec 3.5 -
A bird on a branch, looking around, then flying away. Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp minor)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2009 2 years ago 30 sec 3.3 -
A bird in a tree, then flying away. Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp minor)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2009 2 years ago 31 sec 3.3 -
A bird on a dead tree, singing. Locality La Cumbre, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp minor)
Josep del Hoyo 17 April 2009 2 years ago 37 sec 3.3
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A bird opening its beak.
Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp minor)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
Perched on barbed wire fence
Locality Tepepan, Mexico DF State, Mexico (Northern)
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 16 November 2007 17 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird on a branch in late afternoon
Locality Volcan de Fuego (de Colima), Mexico (Northern) (ssp pertinax)
monicayhector 1 February 2006 2 years ago 3.3 -
A bird perched.
Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp minor)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2009 2 years ago 3
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A bird singing four times. Locality La Cumbre, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp minor)
Josep del Hoyo 17 April 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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