Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Tyrant Flycatchers
Call and song
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About the Eastern Wood-Pewee
Drab grayish-brown flycatcher found in forested areas and edges. Nondescript overall with two pale wingbars; bill usually shows extensive orange on lower mandible. Note very long wings and larger size than Empidonax flycatchers. Typically seen on a high perch, occasionally sallying out to snatch an insect. Essentially identical to Western Wood-Pewee; averages paler overall with stronger upper wingbar, but reliably distinguished only by voice. Listen for clear whistled tones, especially the distinctive “PEE-a-weeEEE!” song.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 35 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- High Seas
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Peru
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
