Lesser Antillean Pewee

Lesser Antillean Pewee
Lesser Antillean Pewee
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Contopus
Species: C. latirostris
Binomial name
Contopus latirostris
(Verreaux, 1866)

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

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 forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.


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