Smoke-Coloured Pewee
Contopus fumigatus(d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
English (US) Smoke-colored Pewee
UK name: Smoke-Coloured Pewee
The Smoke-Coloured Pewee (Contopus fumigatus) 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 fumigatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Smoke-colored Pewee
- English (UK)
- Smoke-Coloured Pewee
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Contopus fumigatus ardosiacus
- Contopus fumigatus cineraceus
- Contopus fumigatus duidae
- Contopus fumigatus zarumae
- Contopus fumigatus fumigatus
- Contopus fumigatus brachyrhynchus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- T[yrannus] fumigatus
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
- Type locality
- Yungas in Bolivia.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 7 cl.2 p.43
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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