Ochraceous Pewee

Contopus ochraceus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 23 g

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The ochraceous pewee is 16.5 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 23 g (0.81 oz). The sexes have the same plumage with a spiky crest. Adults have a dark brownish olive crown and crest. The rest of their head, their nape, and their upperparts are olive. Their wings are blackish with olive-buff, buff, or ochre ends on the coverts that show as two thin wing bars. Their tail is dusky and slightly notched. Their throat is pale yellow, their breast and flanks olive with an ochre wash, and their belly and undertail coverts buffy yellow. Their plumage fades and becomes duller with wear. Voice: The ochraceous pewee's song is "a piercing high, thin peeeeyit or peeeeyeeet, first syllable accented". One call is "a sharp and repeated pwit" and another is "pip pip pip".

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When to see the Ochraceous Pewee

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ochraceous Pewee

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Ochraceous Pewee

The ochraceous pewee is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

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