About the Lesser Antillean Pewee
The Lesser Antillean pewee is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Saint Lucia. There are also scattered records on Saint Kitts.
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All three subspecies of the Lesser Antillean pewee are about 15 cm (5.9 in) long. Within each subspecies the sexes are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dark sooty brown crown, an olive-brown face with a fulvous tinge, and olive-brown upperparts with a cinnamon tinge on the rump and uppertail coverts. Their tail is dark grayish brown with pale grayish brown or buffy tips on the feathers and light grayish brown on the feather edges. Their wings are mostly dusky with pale cinnamon buff or grayish buff edges on the secondaries. Voice: The Lesser Antillean pewee's vocalizations are "an emphatic pree-e-e, or a high-pitched peet-peet-peet-peet-peet.
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Where the Lesser Antillean Pewee lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in France.
When to see the Lesser Antillean Pewee
Peak activity in January · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Dark PeweeContopus lugubrisThe dark pewee is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.
Tumbes PeweeContopus punensisThe tumbes pewee is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long; three females weighed an average of 9.3 g (0.33 oz).
Hispaniolan PeweeContopus hispaniolensisThe Hispaniolan pewee is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs about 11.5 g (0.41 oz).
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