---
title: "Piwik leśny"
description: "Contopus virens — Ptaki. The eastern wood pewee (Contopus virens) is a small tyrant flycatcher from North, Central and South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/eastern-wood-pewee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Piwik leśny

> Contopus virens — Ptaki. The eastern wood pewee (Contopus virens) is a small tyrant flycatcher from North, Central and South America.

- Scientific name: *Contopus virens*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 39127
- Wikidata: [Q606809](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q606809)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16100](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16100)

## Names

- en: Eastern Wood-Pewee
- de: Östlicher Waldtyrann
- es: Papamoscas del Este
- fr: Pioui de l'est
- pt: Piuí
- pl: Piwik leśny

## Countries with the most observations

US (22531), CA (4182), MX (771), CO (532), HN (257), PA (162), CR (121), NI (87), BR (28), BZ (23), SV (20), GT (19)

## Summary

The eastern wood pewee (Contopus virens) is a small tyrant flycatcher from North, Central and South America. This bird and the western wood pewee (C. sordidulus) were formerly considered a single species. The two species are virtually identical in appearance, and can be distinguished most easily by their calls.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_wood_pewee

## Photo

![Piwik leśny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-wood-pewee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92039835

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-wood-pewee?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).