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Dark Pewee
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Dark Pewee

Contopus lugubris
BirdNET IDBN03110
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations182
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

The dark pewee (Contopus lugubris) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is endemic to the Talamancan montane forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. This large, dark pewee is found between 1250 m and 2150 m altitude in wet mountain forests, especially at the edges and in clearings, and in adjacent semi-open areas with tall trees. The nest is a broad, thick-walled saucer of mosses and lichens, lined with plant fibres. It is placed 5–18 m high across a branch. The eggs are undescribed, but the female builds the nest, lays only two eggs and incubates the eggs for 15–16 days before they hatch. The dark pewee is 26.5 cm long and weighs 23 g. The upperparts are sooty-grey, darkest on the prominently crested crown. The wings and tail are blackish, the wings having grey feather edges and a weak wing bar. The throat is pale grey, with most of the rest of the underparts a paler olive-grey than the back, becoming yellowish on the lower belly. Sexes are similar, but young birds are browner above and have rufous fringes to the wing feathers. The dark pewee is solitary when not breeding. It perches on a high watchpoint from which it sallies forth to catch flying insects, returning to the same exposed perch. This is a conspicuous species, with an incessant loud whip call, and repetitive fred-reek-fear song. It will defend the nest aggressively against larger species, including the emerald toucanet.

Translated Descriptions (5)

ar wikipedia
بيوي كئيب (الاسم العلمي:Contopus lugubris) (بالإنجليزية: Dark Pewee) هو نوع من الطيور يتبع جنس البيوي من فصيلة عصافير الملك.
es wikipedia
El pibí oscuro​ o pibí sombrío (Contopus lugubris),​ es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Tyrannidae perteneciente al numeroso género Contopus. Es nativo del sureste de América Central.
fr wikipedia
Le Moucherolle ombré (Contopus lugubris), appelé également Moucherolle lugubre et Pioui sombre, est une espèce de passereau placée dans la famille des Tyrannidae.
nl wikipedia
De Barrancapiewie (Contopus lugubris) is een zangvogel uit de familie Tyrannidae (tirannen).
sv wikipedia
Mörk pivi (Contopus lugubris) är en fågel i familjen tyranner inom ordningen tättingar.

Common Names (35 locales)

ar بيوي كئيب
arz بيوى كئيب
bg Костариканско пиуи
ca piuí fosc
cs tyranovec tmavý
da Mørk Pivi
de Trauerschnäppertyrann
en Dark Pewee
es Pibí Oscuro
es_CR Pibí Sombrío
es_EC Pibí Oscuro
es_ES Pibí oscuro
es_MX Pibí Oscuro
es_PA Pibí Oscuro
et tuhm-piivitikat
fi latvuspiivi
fr Moucherolle ombré
he חטפית מצויץ כהה
hr kostarički muhar
it Piuì scuro
ja ハイイロヒタキモドキ
lt Tamsusis pivis
nl Barrancapiewie
no sotpivi
nv Bííwiiʼii diłhiłígíí
pl piwik żałobny
pt dark pewee
pt_PT Dark pewee
ru Тёмный пиви
sk pamuchár tmavý
sr Tamni pivi
sv mörk pivi
tr Koyu Renkli Pivi
uk Піві коста-риканський
zh-CN 暗绿霸鹟

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#16112
eBirddarpew1
Macaulay Librarydarpew1
Xeno-CantoContopus lugubris
observation.org#73951
GBIF5229728
NCBI2338456
AvibaseContopus-lugubris
BirdLife22699801