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Lesser Antillean pewee

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Lesser Antillean pewee
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Contopus
Species:
C. latirostris
Binomial name
Contopus latirostris
(Verreaux, 1866)

The Lesser Antillean pewee (Contopus latirostris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.

It is found in Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Saint Lucia with records from Saint Kitts. Birds on Puerto Rico are sometimes considered to be a separate species (Puerto Rican pewee, C. portoricensis) as are those on Saint Lucia (Saint Lucia pewee, C. oberi).

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Contopus latirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22699836A110735697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22699836A110735697.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.