Tyrant Flycatchers
The Genus Contopus consists of small to medium-sized insect-eating birds that are are commonly referred to as peewees, from the call of one of the more common members. They have a mostly greyish plumage with wing bars.
Species
- Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus cooperi
- Greater Pewee, Contopus pertinax
- Dark Pewee, Contopus lugubris
- Smoke-colored Pewee, Contopus fumigatus
- Ochraceous Pewee, Contopus ochraceus
- Western Wood-Pewee, Contopus sordidulus
- Eastern Wood-Pewee, Contopus virens
- Tropical Pewee, or Ash-colored Pewee, Contopus cinereus
- Blackish Pewee, Contopus nigrescens
- Cuban Pewee, Contopus caribaeus
- Jamican Pewee, Contopus pallidus
- Hispaniolan Pewee, Contopus hispaniolensis
- Lesser Antillean Pewee, Contopus latirostris
- White-throated Pewee, Contopus albogularis
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