- Cuban Pewee
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Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus caribaeus Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae Genus: Contopus Species: C. caribaeus Binomial name Contopus caribaeus
(D'Orbigny, 1839)The Cuban Peewee or Crescent-eyed Pewee[1] (Contopus caribaeus) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. 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.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.[2]
References
- ^ Tise, Larry E. (2002). Pennsbury Manor: Pennsylvania Trail of History Guide. Stackpole: Morrisville. ISBN 0811727874
- ^ BirdLife International 2004. Contopus caribaeus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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