Ochraceous Pewee
Contopus ochraceus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Ochraceous Pewee, Contopus ochraceus, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family that lives in Middle America, in Costa Rica and western Panama. It is a resident bird with a restricted breeding range in montane forest. Its known sites include the Irazú and Turrialba volcanoes in Cartago Province, as well as the Cordillera de Talamanca from central Costa Rica into Chiriquí. It uses evergreen oak forest and older secondary growth in cool uplands, especially beside streams, along forest margins and in gaps created by fallen trees.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- Middle America: Costa Rica and w Panama
