Biology:Cuban pewee

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Short description: Species of bird

Cuban pewee
Cuban pewee (Contopus caribaeus caribaeus).JPG
Maravillas de Vinales
Cuba
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Contopus
Species:
C. caribaeus
Binomial name
Contopus caribaeus
(d'Orbigny, 1839)
Contopus caribaeus map.svg

The Cuban pewee or crescent-eyed pewee (Contopus caribaeus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Cuba and the northern 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 habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2016). "Contopus caribaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22699830A93750251. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699830A93750251.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22699830/93750251. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Garrido, Orlando H.; Kirkconnell, Arturo (2000). Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba. Ithaca, NY: Comstock, Cornell University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-8014-8631-9. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1264939 entry