Dark Pewee
Contopus lugubris Lawrence, 1865
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Dark Pewee, Contopus lugubris, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family that breeds in Costa Rica and western Panama. It is tied to the Talamancan montane forests, where it occurs in wet mountain woodland between 1250 m and 2150 m. It is a large, dark pewee with a sooty-grey upper body, a notably crested crown, blackish wings and tail, and paler underparts that turn yellowish on the lower belly. Young birds are browner above and show rufous wing fringes.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- Middle America: Costa Rica and w Panama
