Eastern Wood-pewee
A species of Pewees Scientific name : Contopus virens Genus : Pewees
Eastern Wood-pewee, A species of Pewees
Botanical name: Contopus virens
Genus: Pewees
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Description
A medium size flycatcher, the eastern Wood-pewee prefers to wait on tree branches for prey to appear. It feeds primarily on insects, hopping out from its perch to catch its prey. The bird is often seen in woodlands and deciduous forests but will expand its habitat to include any area with trees.
Size
16 cm
Life Expectancy
7 years
Nest Placement
Tree
Clutch Size
2 - 4 eggs
Number of Broods
12 - 14 days
Nestling Period
16 - 18 days
Feeding Habits
Eastern Wood-pewee predominantly eats insects, making 36-68 feeding flights per hour to catch prey like flies, bees, and beetles. It occasionally consumes berries and seeds, supplementing its diet with plant material.
Habitat
Eastern Wood-pewee is primarily found in deciduous or mixed forests across eastern North America, favoring environments that include mature woodlands, urban shade trees, and even orchards. They exhibit adaptability by breeding in various wooded habitats such as open pine woodlands in the south and hardwood-conifer forests in the north. While avoiding streams in eastern forests, eastern Wood-pewee may nest by riversides in the Great Plains. Their migratory stops include areas with abundant trees and shrubs, like forest edges and clearings. Their wintering grounds extend to the northern regions of South America and possibly to Central America, in wooded or shrub-rich territories, generally at elevations below 4,300 feet.
Nest Behavior
Eastern Wood-pewee exhibit nest-building and egg-laying in late spring to early summer. Parents share duties, with both constructing the nest and caring for the eggs and young. Typically, they raise one or two broods per season.
Nest Characteristics
Eastern Wood-pewee construct their nests in trees like elms, oaks, maples, and birches, typically 15–70 feet above ground. The camouflage-adapted cup nests are made from grass, bark, twigs, and lichens, measuring 3 inches wide and 1-2 inches high, with a 2-inch-wide, 0.5–1 inch deep inner cup lined with hair and plant fibers.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird Feeder Type
Small Hopper
Suet Cage
Sounds
Call
Recording location: Mexico
Song
Recording location: Mexico
Call
Recording location: Panama
Call
Recording location: United States
Behavior
Eastern Wood-pewee are noted for their strong territorial instincts during breeding season, which they fiercely protect across a considerable area. Their day starts with male eastern Wood-pewee modulating their songs as a response to rival males, demonstrating a complex example of avian communication and territory defense. They not only guard against other eastern Wood-pewee but also confront different species that invade their space. Pair bonds seem to be monogamous, with males providing for females as they incubate. Outside breeding, these birds lead solitary lives, especially during migration and on wintering grounds, setting them apart from more social species.
Distribution Area
These birds migrate to Central America and in the Andes region of northern South America. Eastern wood pewees arrive relatively late on breeding grounds (e.g., 18 May to 5 June in southern Ontario). They are rarely seen on their breeding grounds before the last days of April further south. They migrate south at a more usual time, leaving sometimes in late August but most often in September. 
Species Status
The eastern wood pewee is common, widespread, and not considered globally threatened by the IUCN. Its numbers, however, are declining in recent decades, possibly due to the loss of forest habitat in its winter range. It is also possible that the increase of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in its breeding range has led to a change in vegetation and associated invertebrates in the lower levels of the deciduous forests where the eastern wood pewee breeds.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Tyrant flycatchers Genus
Pewees Species
Eastern Wood-pewee 
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