Southern Tropical Pewee
Contopus cinereus(Spix, JB, 1825)
English (US) Southern Tropical Pewee
The Southern Tropical Pewee (Contopus cinereus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Contopus cinereus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Tropical Pewee
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Contopus cinereus pallescens
- Contopus cinereus cinereus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Platyrhynchus cinereus
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
- Type locality
- 'in sylvis flum. Amazonum'; error, restricted to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 193.
- Original description
- Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 2 p.11 pl.13 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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