Eastern Wood-peewee

(Contopus virens)

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

NatureServe

N5B - Secure Breeding

SNRB - Unranked Breeding

Minnesota

not listed

 
Eastern Wood-peewee
Photo by Laurie Wachholz
 
Description

 

 

Size

6 to 6½ in length

10 wingspan

 

Voice

 

Similar Species

 
Habitat

Open mixed and deciduous woodlands with a sparse understory, wood edges

Ecology

Migration

Late April to early October

 

Nesting

 

 

Food

 

Distribution

Occurrence

Common migrant and breeder

 

Maps

The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map

Taxonomy

Class

Aves (birds)

Order

Passeriformes (perching birds)

Family

Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)

Genus

Contopus (peewees)

   

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A Eastern Wood-Peewee along the walking trail from The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge in Lac qui Parle County that heads into Ortonville, Mn. This little bird landed on the dried twigs sticking out of the bush for about a minute or two, which surprised me as they often land and take off again.  

Eastern Wood-peewee

Laurie Wachholz

Eastern Wood-peewee  

 

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Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Eastern Wood-Pewee

 

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Eastern Wood-Pewee in Maine
WIld Bird Video Productions

About

Published on Jun 19, 2012

Eastern Wood-Pewee are a fairly common flycatcher in deciduous forests in Maine. They often sit high up in a tree where they hunt for insects. They often return to the same perch as seen in this video. © 2012 Garth McElroy

License at http://www.paya.com/videos/143207

Eastern Wood-Pewee (singing)
ManyBirds Channel by Malcolm Mark Swan

About

Published on Apr 1, 2012

This bird is singing from a high, bare branch at the edge of a forest to announce its territory to other competing males and potential mates. Other species of pewee do not say "pewee". This pewee is in the flycatcher taxonomic family, and it nests in the E United States and Canada. These birds migrate south of the United States in the fall because flying insects are harder to find in the winter,

EWPE_MO_20110522AM081444_Eastern_Wood-Pe­wee_singing.mov

Eastern Wood-Pewee Portrait
ebirdr

About

Published on Sep 7, 2013

Filmed in June 2013 at Rondeau Park, Ontario.

Eastern Wood Pe-wee.. 9/14/2013 watch in HD
pefawa

About

Published on Sep 14, 2013

This species favors oak woodlands for nesting and continues to sing its distinctive three-noted song through nearly the entire summer. As is typical of this flycatcher only the female constructs the nest, which is usually on the same branch year after year. In one case a fork of an elm tree was used as a nest location by this species every year for 35 years, (Arthur Cleveland Bent 1942.)

Incubation is done by the female, but the male occasionally feeds her and remains near the nest to help feed the young when they hatch. Like the nest, the juveniles closely resemble the surrounding bark and lichens, and by the 15th to 18th day after hatching they are ready to leave the nest. They are probably dependent on the parents for food for some time after fledging, until they have become skilled in catching insects.

Birds of the Great Plains, Breeding Species and their Distribution..

Paul A. Johnsgard, 1979

Eastern Wood Pewee
Gareth Ridout

About

Published on Sep 1, 2013

Right outside our kitchen window. I love to watch this one scanning the environs. MVI 6809

Sorry about the worthless sound (fan, refrigerator).

 

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Lynn Rubey
6/9/2020

Location: Ortonville, Mn

A Eastern Wood-Peewee along the walking trail from The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge in Lac qui Parle County that heads into Ortonville, Mn. This little bird landed on the dried twigs sticking out of the bush for about a minute or two, which surprised me as they often land and take off again.

Eastern Wood-peewee
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