Species: Contopus sordidulus
Western Wood-Pewee
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Contopus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Pibí Occidental - pioui de l'Ouest
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Tyrannidae - Contopus - constitute a superspecies (AOU 1998).
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A bird (flycatcher, pewee).
Migration
false - false - true - Western wood-pewees arrive in nesting areas in the contiguous United States, Canada, and Alaska in April-May (Terres 1980). Migration through Costa Rica occurs in late March-late May (perhaps early June) and late July or early August to mid-November (Stiles and Skutch 1989). In Colombia, the species is believed to be a common transient and winter resident, mid-August to mid-May (Hilty and Brown 1986).
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
This flycatcher sallies out from an open perch and catches insects in the air. It feeds on a wide variety of insects, including: bees, wasps, ants, and flies.
Reproduction Comments
Breeding begins in early May in the south, to early June in the north (Harrison 1978). Female incubates 3, sometimes 2-4, eggs for about 12 days.
Length
16
Weight
13
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-03-18
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-02
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Breeding range extends from east-central Alaska, southern Yukon, central Mackenzie, central Saskatchewan, and central Manitoba south through western Canada (east to Manitoba) and western United States to southern Baja California and interior highlands of Mexico and Guatemala to Honduras, possibly to northern Nicaragua and Costa Rica (Bemis and Rising 1999). Nonbreeding range extends from Colombia and Venezuela south to Peru and Bolivia, casually northward to Costa Rica (Stiles and Skutch 1989, Bemis and Rising 1999).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)