Sunday, August 15, 2010

Eastern Wood Peewee -Shrub Carr


Eastern Wood Peewee Species: Contopus virens/Pibí oriental, pioui de l'est
Order Passeriformes -- passereaux, Perching Birds
Family Tyrannidae -- tyrans gobe-mouches, Tyrant Flycatchers
Genus Contopus

* Length: 5.25 inches
* Triangular head
* Grayish-olive upperparts
* Dark bill is yellow at base of lower mandible
* Breast has olive wash
* Whitish throat, belly and undertail coverts
* Wing bars
* Commonly feeds high in the canopy by flying out to catch insects and returning to same perch

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