Listen to the eastern wood pewee
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About the eastern wood pewee
The eastern wood pewee is a bird in the family Tyrannidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 2 g.
What does the eastern wood pewee sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The eastern wood pewee (Contopus virens) is a small tyrant flycatcher from North, Central and South 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.
Related birds in the genus Contopus
More from the family Tyrannidae
Great kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Eastern kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Cliff flycatcher
Hirundinea ferruginea
Yellow-crowned tyrannulet
Tyrannulus elatus
Yellow tyrannulet
Capsiempis flaveola
Masked water tyrant
Fluvicola nengeta
Black phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
Acadian flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Gray kingbird
Tyrannus dominicensis
Great crested flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Frequently asked questions
What does an eastern wood pewee sound like?
You can hear 4 recordings of the eastern wood pewee on this page, including its call and song. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the eastern wood pewee endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the eastern wood pewee as “least concern”.
What family does the eastern wood pewee belong to?
The eastern wood pewee (Contopus virens) belongs to the family Tyrannidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Contopus-virens-001 – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Carver Park Reserve, Carver, Minnesota, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, Dakota, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) - Guelph, Ontario by Ryan Hodnett – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q606809 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Eastern wood pewee – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Rhododendrites – CC BY-SA 4.0