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The white-throated pewee is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark blackish gray crown with a slight crest, slightly paler gray lores, and a thin white eye-ring on an otherwise dark sooty gray face. Their back is also dark sooty gray. Their wings are blackish brown and their tail blackish. Their throat is white and the rest of their underparts sooty gray. They have a dark iris, a wide flat bill with a black maxilla and yellow mandible, and black legs and feet. Voice: The white-throated pewee's vocalizations are not well known. As of April 2025 xeno-canto and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library each had nine recordings with two of them in common. The species' call is described as a "high, dry wic-wic- -".
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When to see the White-throated Pewee
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-throated Pewee
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-throated Pewee
The white-throated pewee is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname.
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Easily confused with
Northern Tropical PeweeContopus bogotensisThe northern tropical pewee is about 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 8 to 14 g (0.28 to 0.49 oz).
Blackish PeweeContopus nigrescensThe blackish pewee is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long; one male weighed 9 g (0.32 oz) and a female 10 g (0.35 oz).
Ochraceous PeweeContopus ochraceusThe ochraceous pewee is 16.5 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 23 g (0.81 oz).
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