Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
About the Cuban Pewee
The Cuban pewee or crescent-eyed pewee (Contopus caribaeus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Cuba and the Bahamas. The Cuban pewee and what are now the Hispaniolan pewee (C. hispaniolensis) and Jamaican pewee (C. pallidus) were formerly treated as one species, the Greater Antillean pewee. They were separated following a study published in 1993 that detailed differences in their vocalizations, plumage, and measurements. The Cuban pewee has these four subspecies: C. c. bahamensis (Bryant, H, 1859) C. c. caribaeus (d'Orbigny, 1839) C. c. morenoi Burleigh & Duvall, 1948 C. c. nerlyi Garrido, 1978.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 8 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-SA · 3 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cuba in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Blackish PeweeContopus nigrescensrecording
- Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virensrecording
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperirecording
- Smoke-colored PeweeContopus fumigatusrecording
- Tumbes PeweeContopus punensisrecording
- Western Wood PeweeContopus sordidulusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.