Eastern Wood Pewee
Contopus virens(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Eastern Wood Pewee
The Eastern Wood Pewee (Contopus virens) 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.
Range: breeds eastern North America; winters to northern Bolivia and western BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Contopus virens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Eastern Wood Pewee
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- [Muscicapa] virens
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Carolina.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.327
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Western Wood Pewee
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Northern Tropical Pewee
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Cuban Pewee
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Hispaniolan Pewee
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Lesser Antillean Pewee
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