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Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
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 (XC136047). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Northern Tropical PeweeContopus bogotensis
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Massachusetts | 185,137 |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 171,104 |
| Connecticut | 71,988 |
| Maine | 56,074 |
| New Hampshire | 55,809 |
| United States | 26,631 |
| New Brunswick | 16,482 |
| Rhode Island | 12,468 |
| Oklahoma | 11,894 |
| South Dakota | 6,016 |
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 Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Pennsylvania, United States
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
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 Eastern 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.