Contopus pallidus
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The Jamaican pewee (Contopus pallidus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the Greater Antillean pewee (C. caribaeus). Contopus pallidus was first described by Philip Henry Gosse in 1847. It belongs to the family Tyrannidae. This species used to be seen as conspecific with the Cuban pewee and the Hispaniola pewee, meaning that all three birds were once classified as the same species.
The Jamaican Pewee is monotypic. The Jamaican Pewee measures 15 cm (5.9 in) from bill to tail and weighs 9–9.5g. It has proportionately short wings and long tail with a round body and large head. The bill is relatively large with the bottom of the bill being orange. The top of the Jamaican pewee is dark-olive toned, while the wings and tail become darker and the stomach is paler. While the male and female birds look similar, the younger birds are greyer on the top and paler on the stomach and beak than the adult birds. The lifespan of the Jamaican pewee is 3.5 years on average.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Jamaican Pewee sighting in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 744 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 91 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and November
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Jamaican Pewee in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, against about 40% in May and August, the lowest months. June has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jamaican Pewee sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, in our data
Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Jamaican Pewee sightings: about 70% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Jamaican Pewee that you can see in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Loggerhead Kingbird (about 90%), Sad Flycatcher (about 60%) and Rufous-tailed Flycatcher (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jamaican Pewee is recorded against all the birds logged in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (744 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
