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title: "Western Wood-Pewee"
description: "Contopus sordidulus — Aves. The western wood pewee (Contopus sordidulus) is a small tyrant flycatcher."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/western-wood-pewee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Western Wood-Pewee

> Contopus sordidulus — Aves. The western wood pewee (Contopus sordidulus) is a small tyrant flycatcher.

- Scientific name: *Contopus sordidulus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 22288
- Wikidata: [Q941102](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q941102)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16079](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16079)

## Names

- en: Western Wood-Pewee
- de: Westlicher Waldtyrann
- es: Papamoscas del Oeste
- fr: Pioui de l'Ouest
- nl: Westelijke bospiewie
- pl: Piwik brunatny

## Countries with the most observations

US (13578), MX (1865), CA (1837), HN (69), CO (58), CR (46), SV (45), NI (44), EC (31), PA (26), GT (13), BO (6)

## Summary

The western wood pewee (Contopus sordidulus) is a small tyrant flycatcher.

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

## Photo

![Western Wood-Pewee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-wood-pewee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Karen Fraser · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275356275

## Machine access

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