Western Wood-Pewee
Contopus sordidulus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusContopus (Pewees)
- SpeciesContopus sordidulus (Western Wood-Pewee)
Closest Relatives at Olympic National Park
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Empidonax difficilis
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
Hammond's Flycatcher
Empidonax hammondii
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorum
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalis
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis saya
Dusky Flycatcher
Empidonax oberholseri
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
📅 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 Olympic National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Western Wood-Pewee sighting in Olympic National Park, based on 1049 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Wood-Pewee in Olympic National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Western Wood-Pewee in Olympic National Park in our monthly data.