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Eastern Wood Pewee - Contopus virens

 
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 Phylum: Chordata
 Class: Aves
 Order: Passeriformes 
 Family: Tyrannidae
 Genus:  Contopus
  Description
eastern wood peweeThe eastern wood pewee is a small flycatcher 5-6 inches in length. It has grayish-olive upperparts, a grayish-white throat, breast and belly, and white wing bars. It has a dark gray bill, the lower bill is yellow-orange at the base. Males and females look alike.
  Range
The eastern wood pewee is a neotropical migrant. It breeds from south central and southeastern Canada to the Gulf coast and Florida. It winters in northwestern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. It is one of the last neotropical migrants to return north in the spring.
  Habitat
The eastern wood pewee is found in deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests.
  Diet
The eastern wood pewee eats insects. It perches on tree branches in the middle part of the understory and waits for its prey to fly by and the chases after it. It occasionally eats seeds.
  Life Cycle
The female lays 2-3 eggs in a open cup nest. The chicks hatch in 12-13 days and fledge when they are 14-18 days old. The female has one brood a year.
  Behavior

The eastern wood pewee is very hard to spot, but can be identified by its "pee-ah-wee" call.


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