#1075 · 🐦 birds

Eastern Wood-Pewee

🇳🇱 Oostelijke Bospiewie ·Contopus virens

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jeff Skrentny · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández · CC BY 4.0
3. © Félix Uribe · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Syd Phillips · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Bob Devlin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Syd Phillips · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Alejandro Bayer Tamayo · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The eastern wood pewee ( Contopus virens ) is a small tyrant flycatcher from North America. This bird and the western wood pewee ( C. sordidulus ) were formerly considered to be a single species. The two species are virtually identical in appearance, and can be distinguished most easily by their calls.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 40,333iNaturalist observations
weight 1.8 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
40,333 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 2 g.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).