Western Wood-Pewee

Contopus sordidulus Order: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Western Wood-Pewee Head Illustration_2

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Brown.
  • Head Pattern: Plain
  • Crown Color: Olive-gray
  • Forehead Color: Olive-gray
  • Nape Color: Olive-gray
  • Throat Color: Dull White
  • Cere color: No Data
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Western Wood-Pewee Body Illustration_2

Body

  • Length Range: 16 cm (6.25 in)
  • Weight: 14 g (0.5 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Brown, Gray, Olive
  • Underparts: Dull white with olive-gray on breast, sides and flanks.
  • Upperparts: Olive-gray
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
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Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 27 cm (10.5 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Squared Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark olive-gray
  • Under Tail: Dark olive-gray
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family Flycatcher (Tyrannidae)_blue
Species Contopus sordidulus
Length6.25 Inches
Wingspan10.5 Inches

Western Wood-Pewee

Western Wood-Pewee: Medium-sized flycatcher with dull olive-gray upperparts and pale olive-gray underparts. Head has darker cap and slight crest. The wings are dark with two white bars. Feeds on insects, spiders and berries. Quiet and solitary. Weak fluttering flight with shallow rapid wing beats.

● Song: "pee-eeer"

● Foraging & Feeding: Western Wood-Pewee: Diet consists almost exclusively of insects, often caught in flight; berries are sometimes eaten.

● Breeding & nesting: Western Wood-Pewee: Two to four white eggs with brown and lavender marks at large end are laid in a shallow saucer of grass fastened to a horizontal branch. Incubation is typically 12 or 13 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Western Wood-Pewee: Eastern Wood-Pewee is paler below, but is best distinguished by voice.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.
Western Wood-Pewee Body Illustration_2
● Range & Habitat: Western Wood-Pewee: Breeds from eastern Alaska, Mackenzie, and Manitoba south through western U.S. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include open woodlands, woodland edges, and orchards.
BreedingMonogamous
PopulationCommon to abundant
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.5 Ounces