Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus

Western Wood-pewee, Wildsumaco, Napo, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image Napo, Ecuador
November 2019

The Western Wood-Pewee breeds in North America but overwinters in the northern and western parts of South America. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. In Ecuador it is found between September and April in forest and clearings up to about 1,700 metres.

Western Wood-pewee, Loreto Road, Napo, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image In looks it is very similar to the Eastern Wood-Pewee C. virens but its call is very different.

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