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Overview
Western Wood-Pewee: Medium-sized flycatcher with dull olive-gray upperparts and pale olive-gray underparts. Head has darker cap and slight crest. The wings are dark with two white bars. Feeds on insects, spiders and berries. Quiet and solitary. Weak fluttering flight with shallow rapid wing beats.
Range and Habitat
Western Wood-Pewee: Breeds from eastern Alaska, Mackenzie, and Manitoba south through western U.S. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include open woodlands, woodland edges, and orchards.
Topo Map:
Perching-like Body
Listen to Call
Voice Text
Sings tswee-tee-teet on breeding grounds.
Interesting Facts
A group of pewees are collectively known as "a dribble of pewees", and a "squirt of pewees."
Bird Term Glossary
Author
Gary Owen Dick
Related Birds
Black Phoebe
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Cuban Pewee
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