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Eastern wood pewee
In Central Park, New York, USA
Song recorded in Ontario, Canada
Conservation status
Eastern wood pewee
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Contopus
Species:
C. virens
Binomial name
Contopus virens
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms

Muscicapa virens Linnaeus, 1766

The eastern wood pewee (Contopus virens) is a small tyrant flycatcher from North America. This bird and the western wood pewee (C. sordidulus) were formerly considered a single species. The two species are virtually identical in appearance, and can be distinguished most easily by their calls.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Contopus virens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22699816A93749255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699816A93749255.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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