Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-pewee
The Eastern Wood Pewee (Contopus virens) is a small tyrant flycatcher from North America. One potential cause of the decline of Eastern Wood-Pewee populations during the last 25 years is the overpopulation of white-tailed deer in the Eastern forests. In areas with high deer density, the intermediate canopy is disturbed by browsing, affecting the foraging space of the flycatcher.
Click below to hear the sound of the Eastern Wood-pewee
awww – I can hear this little guy calling “pee-weeee, pee-weee” – why is he called a tyrant?
The tyrant flycatchers are in the family Tyrannidae which are a clade of passerine birds that occur throughout North and South America. They are considered the largest family of birds on Earth, with more than 400 species.