Wood pewee

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Wood pewee or peewee may refer to the following species formerly considered to be a single species:

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Eastern wood pewee species of bird

The eastern wood pewee is a small tyrant flycatcher from North America. This bird and the western wood pewee were formerly considered to be a single species. The two species are virtually identical in appearance, and can be distinguished most easily by their calls.

Western wood pewee species of bird

The western wood pewee is a small tyrant flycatcher. Adults are gray-olive on the upperparts with light underparts, washed with olive on the breast. They have two wing bars and a dark bill with yellow at the base of the lower mandible. This bird is very similar in appearance to the eastern wood pewee; the two birds were formerly considered to be one species. The call of C. sordidulus is a loud buzzy peeer; the song consists of three rapid descending tsees ending with a descending peeer.

Olive-sided flycatcher species of bird

The olive-sided flycatcher is a passerine bird. It is a medium-sized tyrant flycatcher.

Pewee genus of birds

The pewees are a genus, Contopus, of small to medium-sized insect-eating birds in the Tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Tropical pewee species of bird

The tropical pewee or southern tropical pewee is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina. The taxon punensis, found in south-western Ecuador and western Peru, is usually included as a subspecies of the tropical pewee, but it has been suggested it should be considered a separate species, the Tumbes pewee.

Dark pewee species of bird

The dark pewee is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is endemic to the Talamancan montane forests of Costa Rica and western Panama.

Greater pewee species of bird

The greater pewee is a passerine and is in the tyrant flycatcher group. This species' range is further north than the other Mexican species. This bird was formerly known as Coues' flycatcher.

White-throated pewee species of bird

The white-throated pewee is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Cuban pewee species of bird

The Cuban pewee or crescent-eyed pewee is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Cuba and the northern Bahamas. It was formerly lumped with the Hispaniolan pewee and Jamaican pewee as a single species, the Greater Antillean pewee.

Smoke-colored pewee species of bird

The smoke-colored pewee is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.

Hispaniolan pewee species of bird

The Hispaniolan pewee is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae (flycatcher) family. It is found on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean.

Lesser Antillean pewee Species of bird

The Lesser Antillean pewee is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.

Blackish pewee species of bird

The blackish pewee is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, and Peru.

Ochraceous pewee species of bird

The ochraceous pewee is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Costa Rica and western Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Jamaican pewee species of bird

The Jamaican pewee is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the Greater Antillean pewee.

The Greater Antillean pewee has been split into three species:

Tumbes pewee species of bird

The Tumbes pewee or western tropical pewee is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae formerly thought to be conspecific with the tropical pewee . It is endemic to western Ecuador and western Peru.