Eastern Wood Pewee

Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)

Eastern Wood Pewee, Contopus virens, is a tyrant flycatcher that breeds in sc, se Canada and sc, se USA and spends the nonbreeding season in nw SA. It is a small bird of eastern North America, with its breeding grounds in deciduous woods, mixed woodland and pine plantations. It is very hard to separate from the western wood pewee by appearance alone, and the two are best told apart by voice. The sexes look the same. Its nest is an open cup fixed to a horizontal branch with spider webs, and the female usually lays three eggs.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Breeding range

North America: sc, se Canada to sc, se USA

Nonbreeding range

nw SA