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ForestCup nestTiny · 13 g
What the Western Wood Pewee sounds like
ID tip
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. The bird is about 5.5–6.3 in (14–16 cm) in length, 0.4–0.5 oz (11–14 g) in weight, and has a wingspan of 10.2 in (26 cm).
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When to see the Western Wood Pewee
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Western Wood Pewee
The map shades 16 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil, French Guiana.
About the Western Wood Pewee
The western wood pewee is a small tyrant flycatcher.
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Easily confused with
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperiThe olive-sided flycatcher is a small to medium-sized passerine, smaller than an American robin, but bigger than sparrows.
Southern Tropical PeweeContopus cinereusThe southern tropical pewee is 13.5 to 14.5 cm (5.3 to 5.7 in) long and weighs about 10 to 15 g (0.35 to 0.53 oz).
Greater PeweeContopus pertinaxThe greater pewee is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long and weighs about 22 to 36 g (0.78 to 1.3 oz).
Side by side: Eastern Wood Pewee vs Western Wood Pewee · Olive-sided Flycatcher vs Western Wood Pewee · Southern Tropical Pewee vs Western Wood Pewee · Greater Pewee vs Western Wood Pewee
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