Western Wood-Pewee
Contopus sordidulus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusContopus (Pewees)
- SpeciesContopus sordidulus (Western Wood-Pewee)
Closest Relatives at Carara National Park
Southern Tropical Pewee
Contopus cinereus
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Streaked Flycatcher
Myiodynastes maculatus
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Todirostrum cinereum
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Whiskered Flycatcher
Myiobius barbatus
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Western Wood-Pewee in Carara National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Western Wood-Pewee sighting in Carara National Park, based on 46 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Wood-Pewee in Carara National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Western Wood-Pewee in Carara National Park in our monthly data.