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Bird name:

Cuban Pewee

Contopus caribaeusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Codes: Common Name: CUPE Scientific Name: CONCAR ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178366

Breeding Location:

Forest edge, Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Forest



Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester



Breeding Population:



Egg Color:

White with dark brown or black spots



Number of Eggs:

2 - 4



Incubation Days:



Egg Incubator:



Nest Material:

Roots,hair,dired grass.lichens., Lined with small feathers and plant materials.



Migration:

Nonmigratory



Splitbar

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General

Cuban Pewee: Small flycatcher with gray upperparts, dark gray head with bushy crest and white crescent behind eye, and pale yellow underparts. Wings are dark with two faint bars. Upper mandible is black while lower mandible is yellow. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Cuban Pewee: Resident of northern Bahamas and Cuba; inhabits pine forests, woods, forest edges, tree plantations, brushy scrub, swamp edges, and mangroves.

Breeding and Nesting

Cuban Pewee: Two to four white eggs with dark brown or black spots are laid in a small, finely made cup of roots, hair, dried grass, lichens, and other soft materials, and lined with small feathers and plant materials.

Foraging and Feeding

Cuban Pewee: Feeds mostly on small insects, but also eats fruits.

Readily Eats

Meal Worms

Vocalization

Cuban Pewee: Makes a long, thin whistle. In Cuba, the song is a high-pitched, weak, squeaky whistle consisting of two phrases, usually given sequentially, "eeah, oweeeah." In the Bahamas, the song is similar, but has a third "dee-dee" phrase.

Similar Species

Cuban Pewee: La Sagra's Flycatcher is larger, lacks white eye crescent, and has red-brown edged tail feathers.

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Family Flycatcher (Tyrannidae)_blue
Species Contopus caribaeus
Length5.75 - 6.5 Inches
Wingspan Inches

Cuban Pewee

Cuban Pewee: Small flycatcher, gray upperparts, dark gray head with bushy crest and white crescent behind eye, and pale yellow underparts. Wings are dark with two faint bars. Upper mandible is black while lower mandible is yellow. Legs and feet are black. Feeds mostly on small insects.

● Song: "eeah, oweeeah, dee-dee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Cuban Pewee: Feeds mostly on small insects, but also eats fruits.

● Breeding & nesting: Cuban Pewee: Two to four white eggs with dark brown or black spots are laid in a small, finely made cup of roots, hair, dried grass, lichens, and other soft materials, and lined with small feathers and plant materials.

● Similar species: Cuban Pewee: La Sagra's Flycatcher is larger, lacks white eye crescent, and has red-brown edged tail feathers.

Flight Pattern

Sallies from perch to hawk insects and returns to the same or nearby perch., Weak fluttering flight with shallow rapid wing beats.
Cuban Pewee Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Cuban Pewee: Resident of northern Bahamas and Cuba; inhabits pine forests, woods, forest edges, tree plantations, brushy scrub, swamp edges, and mangroves.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.4 - 0.5 Ounces
UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
CrestX
Tufts of feathers on the head of the bird.
Lower mandibleX
The lower part of the bill.
Upper mandibleX
The upper part of the bill.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

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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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Parts of a Standing birdX
Head Feathers and MarkingsX
Parts of a Flying birdX