Contopus


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Noun1.Contopus - peweesContopus - pewees          
genus Contopus
bird genus - a genus of birds
superfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae - New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada
Contopus virens, pewee, wood pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit - small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
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2e), ambos con registros fotograficos endemicos del NAN; Rufous-breasted Flycatcher Leptopogon rufipectus (NAN); y los globalmente Casi Amenazados de Extincion Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Psittacara wagleriy Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi un migratorio boreal, este ultimo con registro fotografico.
Aves del Santuario Nacional Tabaconas Namballe, vertiente oriental de los Andes del Norte Peruano
However, not all species that are threatened have been able to shift their migration patterns like the semipalmated sandpiper; Bachman's sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis), the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), the chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica), the olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi), the painted bunting (Passerina ciris), the razorbill (Alca torda), the sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea), and the wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), all near-threatened species, did not alter their migration pattern in response to changes in temperature.
Shifts in Bird Migration Timing in North American Long-Distance and Short-Distance Migrants Are Associated with Climate Change
However, basic natural history information that informs management is often lacking, even for common species occupying multiple habitats such as western woodpewees (Contopus sordidulus).
Contributing variables to nest survival, and the breeding biology, of the western wood-pewee (Contopus Sordidulus) in southwestern Colorado
Especie numero de individuos en cada sistema (proporcion de uso) BS FR SS CA CC Catharus 3 (0,75) 1 (0,25) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) ustulatus Contopus 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) virens empidonax 2 (0,4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (0,6) 0 (0) virescens Geothlypis 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) philadelphia Hirundo 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 150 115 rustica (0,57) (0,43) Riparia 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1) 0 (0) riparia Setophaga 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0,2) 4 (0,4) 4 (0,4) petechia Tringa 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) solitaria Tyrannus 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) savana BS: bosque, FR: jardin-frutales, SS: sistema silvopastoril, CA: cana agroecologica, CC: cana convencional.
Dieta de aves migratorias en un sistema agroecologico del valle del cauca, Colombia
(Carpintero bellotero-Acorn 1 2, 3,4 & 5 Woodpecker) Melanerpes aurifrons: 1 1,2, 3& 4 (Carpintero chejc - Gulden-fronted Woodpecker) Picoides scalaris; 1 7 (Carpinterillo mexicano - Ladder - backed Woodpecker) Picoides villosus; (Carpintero 1 3&5 velloso mayor - Hairy Woodpecker) Colaptcs auratus; (Carpintcro 1 7 de peehera - Northern Flicker) ORDER PASSERIFORMES FAMILY TYRANNIDAE Contopus borealis; (Pibi boreal 2 3 - Olive-sided- Flycatcher) Contopus virens; (Pibi oriental 2 3 - Eastern Wood-Pewee) Empidonax sp.
Avifauna from Cerro EL Potosi, Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Out west, we rely on the one sure thing that there is to predict spring: the Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus), a small, grey bird.
First signs of spring: an avian messenger announces Lent

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