- Contopus latirostris
Identification
A small flycatcher of about 15 cm (5,75 inches).
Nominate subspecies:
- Dark olive-brown upperparts
- Paler lores
- Blackish-brown wings and tail
- Whitish chin
- Rufous-cinnamon underparts
- Dark iris
- No significant wing bars or panels.
Variations
brunneicapillus is olive-brown, with lighter, more yellow underside.
blancoi is intermediate between the two other subspecies.
Distribution
Lesser Antillean Pewee is found in St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, and Guadeloupe, and a related form is found in Puerto Rico.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized[1]:
- C. l. brunneicapillus
- Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Martinique
- C. l. blancoi
- C. l. latirostris
The Raffaele Field Guide for Birds of the West Indies[2] have both the St Lucia and the Puerto Rico forms as different species; at least for the St. Lucia form, no supporting evidence has ever been published.
Habitat
Primarily in mountain forests and edges
Behaviour
Diet
Flies out from perches for insects, sometimes returning to the same perch, sometimes moving on in the same direction to the next.
Breeding
The cup-shaped nest is constructed from leaves, lichen and moss.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lesser Antillean Pewee. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lesser_Antillean_Pewee
