Western Wood-Pewee

Contopus sordidulus

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyTyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
GenusContopus (Pewees)
SpeciesContopus sordidulus (Western Wood-Pewee)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca

1 Verified sightings at Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca From 2019 to 2026

6,714 Verified sightings across all 62 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Western Wood-Pewee

The western wood pewee (Contopus sordidulus) is a small tyrant flycatcher. Adults are gray-olive on the upperparts with light underparts, washed with olive on the breast. They have two wing bars and a dark bill with yellow at the base of the lower mandible. This bird is very similar in appearance to the eastern wood pewee; the two birds were formerly considered to be one species. The call of C. sordidulus is a loud buzzy peeer; the song consists of three rapid descending tsees ending with a descending peeer. The bird is about 5.5–6.3 in (14–16 cm) in length, 0.4–0.5 oz (11–14 g) in weight, and has a wingspan of 10.2 in (26 cm).

Their breeding habitat is open wooded areas in western North America. These birds migrate to South America at the end of summer. The female lays two or three eggs in an open cup nest on a horizontal tree branch or within a tree cavity; California black oak forests are examples of suitable nesting habitat for this species of bird. Both parents feed the young.

They often wait on a perch at a middle height in a tree and fly out to catch insects in flight (hawking), and will also hover to pluck insects from... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca

Contopus pertinax

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Contopus cooperi

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Pyrocephalus rubinus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Tyrannus vociferans

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Empidonax difficilis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Mitrephanes phaeocercus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Empidonax fulvifrons

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sayornis nigricans

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Empidonax affinis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Empidonax hammondii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Myiopagis viridicata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~40%
2	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
3	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
4	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
5	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
6	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
7	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
8	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
9	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
10	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
11	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
12	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
13	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
14	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
15	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
16	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
17	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
18	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
19	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
20	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
21	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
22	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
23	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
24	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
25	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
26	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
27	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
28	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
29	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
30	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
31	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
32	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
33	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
34	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
35	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
36	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
37	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
38	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
39	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	<5%
40	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	<5%
41	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
42	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
43	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
44	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
45	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
46	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
47	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
48	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
49	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
50	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
51	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
52	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
53	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
54	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
55	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
56	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
57	Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
58	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
59	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
60	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
61	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
62	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data

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Western Wood-Pewee

About the Western Wood-Pewee

Recent sightings of Western Wood-Pewee in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca

Closest Relatives at Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found