Western Wood Pewee
Contopus sordidulusSclater, PL, 1859
English (US) Western Wood Pewee
The Western Wood Pewee (Contopus sordidulus) 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 sordidulus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Western Wood Pewee
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1859
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Contopus sordidulus saturatus
- Contopus sordidulus veliei
- Contopus sordidulus peninsulae
- Contopus sordidulus sordidulus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1859
- Type locality
- southern Mexico and Guatemala; type from Orizaba, Mexico, fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 192.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.27, no.1 p.43
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Cuban Pewee
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