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Western Wood-Pewee
Contopus sordidulus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Jonathon Jongsma (XC254458). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
Greater PeweeContopus pertinax
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis
Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,406,845 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 201,702 |
| Texas | 57,772 |
| Alaska | 30,899 |
| Nunavut | 7,289 |
| California | 5,749 |
| Northwest Territories | 2,739 |
| Saskatchewan | 2,175 |
| North Dakota | 1,717 |
| Oklahoma | 1,608 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Tyrant Flycatchers · Tyrannidae |
| Genus | Pewees · Contopus |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of Bogota Capital District, Colombia
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
- Spring Songbirds of Ontario
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Western Wood-Pewee with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.