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Bird name:

Western Wood-Pewee

Contopus sordidulusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Codes: Common Name: WEWP Scientific Name: CONSOR ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178360

Breeding Location:

Forest edge

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Common to abundant

Egg Color:

White with brown and lavender marks at large end

Number of Eggs:

2 - 4

Incubation Days:

12 - 13

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Grass, plant fibers, and plant down.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Western Wood-Pewee: Medium-sized flycatcher with dull olive-gray upperparts and pale olive-gray underparts. Head has darker cap and slight crest. Wings are dark with two white bars. Sexes are similar.

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.

Breeding and Nesting

Western Wood-Pewee: Two to four white eggs with brown and lavender marks at large end are laid in a shallow saucer of grass fastened to a horizontal branch. Incubation is typically 12 or 13 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Western Wood-Pewee: Diet consists almost exclusively of insects, often caught in flight; berries are sometimes eaten.

Readily Eats

Meal Worms

Vocalization

Western Wood-Pewee: Call is a harsh, nasal "pee-eeer."

Similar Species

Western Wood-Pewee: Eastern Wood-Pewee is paler below, but is best distinguished by voice.

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Western Wood-Pewee

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.

● Song: "pee-eeer"

● Foraging & Feeding: Western Wood-Pewee: Diet consists almost exclusively of insects, often caught in flight; berries are sometimes eaten.

● Breeding & nesting: Western Wood-Pewee: Two to four white eggs with brown and lavender marks at large end are laid in a shallow saucer of grass fastened to a horizontal branch. Incubation is typically 12 or 13 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Western Wood-Pewee: Eastern Wood-Pewee is paler below, but is best distinguished by voice.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.

● Range & 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.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationCommon to abundant

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.5 Ounces

Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Cap

The area on top of the head of the bird.

Crest

Tufts of feathers on the head of the bird.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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General

Range and Habitat

Breeding and Nesting

Foraging and Feeding

Readily Eats

Vocalization

Similar Species

Western Wood-Pewee

Flight Pattern