Contopus cinereus
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The southern tropical pewee (Contopus cinereus) is a small passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. The southern tropical pewee's taxonomy is unsettled.
The North and South American Classification Committees of the American Ornithological Society treat those subspecies and six others as the tropical pewee with the binomial Contopus cinereus. In 2016 HBW separated three of the subspecies as the two-subspecies southern tropical pewee (C. cinereus) and the monotypic western tropical pewee (C. punensis). In 2022 Clements recognized the southern tropical pewee as a species and the IOC followed suit in 2023.
The southern tropical pewee is 13.5 to 14.5 cm (5.3 to 5.7 in) long and weighs about 10 to 15 g (0.35 to 0.53 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dark... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 8 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Tropical Pewee sighting in Cusuco National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 234th most-seen of the 250 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Tropical Pewee in Cusuco National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to February, the lowest months. That is one of Cusuco National Park's driest months, with about 100 mm of rain against 420 mm in November.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Tropical Pewee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
36th of 49
Of the 49 parks where we can rate Southern Tropical Pewee sightings, Cusuco National Park ranks 36th at under 5%. The best odds are in El Triunfo (Mexico, about 20%), Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%) and Coiba National Park (Panama, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Tropical Pewee is recorded against all the birds logged in Cusuco National Park (6 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.
