Blackish Pewee (Contopus nigrescens)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater & Salvin, 1880)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 400 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil (B), Ecuador (B), Guyana (B), Peru (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Blackish Pewee (Contopus nigrescens) [XC5015]
by Andrew Spencer from Serra dos Caraj\u00e1s, PA, Brazil (song)

Blackish Pewee (Contopus nigrescens) [XC323872]
by Tulio Dornas from Serra dos Caraj\u00e1s. \u00c1guas Claras, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Subspecies canescens formerly included in Southern Tropical Pewee (Contopus cinereus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

nigrescens (Sclater & Salvin, 1880) - Locally on eastern slope of Andes in Ecuador and northern and southern Peru; possibly also extreme southern Colombia.
canescens (Chapman, 1926) - Disjunctly in southern Guyana and eastern Amazonian Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blackish Pewee (Contopus nigrescens) - 10 files

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