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Jamaican Pewee
Contopus pallidus (Gosse, 1847)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Jamaican Pewee, Contopus pallidus, is a passerine flycatcher found only in Jamaica, where it breeds. It was first described by Gosse in 1847 and belongs to the Tyrannidae family. It is a monotypic species. It lives on forest edges at middle elevations across the island, and has also been recorded higher up, to 2,000 metres. It breeds from April to June, sometimes twice in one season, and places its nest in a fork of a tree, using fine plant fibres.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- North America: Jamaica
