Family Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Least Concern
Blackish Pewee (Contopus nigrescens)
Taxonomy
French: Moucherolle noirâtre German: Dunkelschnäppertyrann Spanish: Pibí negruzco
Taxonomy:
Myiochanes nigrescens
P. L. Sclater and Salvin
, 1880,Sarayacu, Pastaza, Ecuador
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Subspecies and Distribution
C. n. nigrescens
(P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1880) – locally on E slope of Andes in Ecuador and N & C Peru; possibly also extreme S Colombia.
C. n. canescens
(Chapman, 1926) – disjunctly in S Guyana and E Amazonian Brazil.
Descriptive notes
13 cm. Small, all-dark pewee. Has dark blackish-grey crown, slightly paler grey lores, narrow indistinct whitish eyering (more distinct at rear); rest of head, nape and... read more
Voice
“Pip” or “peep” call, sometimes doubled. Male song a snappy, burry “chí-bew”, repeated at intervals... read more
Habitat
High canopy and margins of humid forest in foothills, often along streams or near natural forest... read more
Food and feeding
Insects. Usually in pairs in Ecuador. Sits erect on high perch in canopy; sallies to catch aerial prey, often returning repeatedly to same... read more
Breeding
No information.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Rare to locally fairly common; probably often overlooked. Fairly common near Taisha (Morona-Santiago) and near Campococha, in Ecuador; rare in San... read more
Race canescens formerly placed in C. cinereus. Two subspecies recognized.