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Greater Pewee
Contopus pertinax
24 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.
Easily confused with
Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
Northern Tropical PeweeContopus bogotensis
Tufted FlycatcherMitrephanes phaeocercus
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Gray Silky-flycatcherPtiliogonys cinereus
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 31,388 |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 26,847 |
| Mexico | 3,157 |
| Texas | 2,359 |
| California | 1,536 |
| Jalisco | 834 |
| New Mexico | 545 |
| Michoacan de Ocampo | 323 |
| Mexico | 293 |
| Chiapas | 165 |
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
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
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 Greater Pewee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.