Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris)

Other Names (World)
Lesser Antillean Pewee, Puerto Rican Pewee (blancoi), St Lucia Pewee (latirostris)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Verreaux, 1866)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines.

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 (8)...)

Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris) [XC9448]
by Allen T. Chartier from Quilesse Forest Reserve, west of Micoud, St. Lucia, St Lucia (song)

Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris) [XC373562]
by Alvaro Jaramillo from Cayey, Carite, Guayama, Puerto Rico (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies sometimes treated as three separate species; nominate, blancoi and brunneicapillus have occasionally been referred to as, respectively, oberi, portoricensis and latirostris, presumably in error.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

blancoi (Cabanis, 1875) - Puerto Rico.
brunneicapillus (Lawrence, 1878) - Guadeloupe, Dominica and Martinique.
latirostris (Verreaux, 1866) - St Lucia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lesser Antillean Pewee (Contopus latirostris) - 10 files

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