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Contopus pertinax

Cabanis and Heine, 1859

Greater Pewee

G5Secure Found in 13 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.101091
Element CodeABPAE32020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae
GenusContopus
Other Common Names
Moucherolle de Coues (FR) Pibí Tengofrío (ES)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Taxonomic Comments
Also called Coues' Flycatcher. C. pertinax, C. lugubris and C. fumigatus of South America constitute a superspecies (AOU 1998). Some authors treat C. pertinax as C. musicus, but Banks and Browning (1995) regarded musica as a nomen oblitum and recommended continued use of the nameC. pertinax.
Conservation Status
Review Date1996-12-02
Change Date1996-12-02
Range Extent Comments
BREEDS: central Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, central Chihuahua, southern Coahuila, central Nuevo Leon and southern Tamaulipas south in highlands of Mexico and northern Central America to Nicaragua. WINTERS: northern Mexico south through breeding range in Middle America (AOU 1983).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Highland pine, pine-oak association, riparian woodland and humid montane forest edge (AOU 1983). Builds nest on horizontal fork or branch of tree, 3-12 m above ground (Terres 1980).

Reproduction

Clutch size is 3-4.
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest - HardwoodForest - ConiferForest - MixedWoodland - HardwoodWoodland - ConiferWoodland - Mixed
Palustrine Habitats
Riparian
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN4B
ProvinceRankNative
ArizonaS4Yes
New MexicoS3B,S3NYes
Roadless Areas (13)
Arizona (9)
AreaForestAcres
Blind Indian CreekPrescott National Forest26,847
Butterfly Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest42,296
Cdo WsaCoronado National Forest1,955
CenterfireApache-Sitgreaves National Forests13,130
ChiricahuaCoronado National Forest76,876
Hot AirApache-Sitgreaves National Forests31,712
NolanApache-Sitgreaves National Forests6,780
Oracle RoadlessCoronado National Forest22,365
TumacacoriCoronado National Forest44,594
California (2)
AreaForestAcres
Horse Creek RidgeSan Bernardino National Forest8,969
Rouse HillSan Bernardino National Forest13,745
New Mexico (2)
AreaForestAcres
Meadow CreekGila National Forest34,167
NolanGila National Forest13,051
References (20)
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