Cuban pewee
| Cuban pewee | |
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| Maravillas de Vinales Cuba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Contopus |
| Species: | C. caribaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Contopus caribaeus (d'Orbigny, 1839)
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The Cuban pewee or crescent-eyed pewee (Contopus caribaeus) is a species of
Bahamas. It was formerly lumped with the Hispaniolan pewee (C. hispaniolensis) and Jamaican pewee
(C. pallidus) as a single species, the Greater Antillean pewee.
This small flycatcher measures 16 cm (6.3 in).[2] It is dark olive-grey above and dark grey to buff below. In place of an eyering, it has a white crescent-shaped marking directly behind the eye. The broad, flat bill is bicolored, with a yellow lower mandible.[2]
Its distinctive call is a long, descending whistle.[2]
Its natural
montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.[1]
The nest is small and cup-shaped. Up to 4 eggs are laid between March and June. The eggs are white with heavy dark spotting at the large end.[2]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8014-8631-9.
External links
Media related to Contopus caribaeus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Contopus caribaeus at Wikispecies- BirdLife species factsheet for Contopus caribaeus
- "Contopus caribaeus". Avibase.
- "Cuban pewee media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Cuban pewee photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Cuban pewee species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Interactive range map of Contopus caribaeus at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of Cuban pewee on Xeno-canto.
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