Biology:Lesser Antillean pewee

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Short description: Species of bird

Lesser Antillean pewee
Puerto Rican Pewee.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Contopus
Species:
C. latirostris
Binomial name
Contopus latirostris
(Verreaux, 1866)
Contopus latirostris map.svg

The Lesser Antillean pewee (Contopus latirostris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.

It is found in Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Saint Lucia with records from Saint Kitts. Birds on Puerto Rico are sometimes considered to be a separate species (Puerto Rican pewee, C. portoricensis) as are those on Saint Lucia (Saint Lucia pewee, C. oberi).

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

See also

  • Fauna of Puerto Rico
  • List of birds of Puerto Rico
  • List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico
  • List of Puerto Rican birds
  • List of Vieques birds
  • El Toro Wilderness

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1262451 entry