Contopus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Classis/Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes
Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Tyranni
Infraordo: Tyrannides
Parvordo: Tyrannida

Familia: Tyrannidae
Genus: Contopus
Species: C. albogularis – C. bogotensis – C. caribaeus – C. cinereus – C. cooperi – C. fumigatus – C. hispaniolensis – C. latirostris – C. lugubris – C. nigrescens – C. ochraceus – C. pallidus – C. pertinax – C. punensis – C. sordidulus – C. virens
Name

Contopus Cabanis, 1855

Typus: Muscicapa virens Linnaeus, 1766 = Contopus virens

Synonyms

Syrichta Bonaparte, 1854 Ann.Sci.Nat., Zool. p. 133 BHL
Blacicus Cabanis, 1855​ J.Orn. p. 480 BHL
Planchesia Bonaparte, 1857 Bull.Soc.Linn.Normandie p. 36 BHL
Myiochanes Cabanis & Heine, 1860​ Mus.Hein p. 7 BHL
Nuttallornis Ridgway, 1887 Man.N.Am.Birds p.337 BHL
Horizopus Oberholser, 1899 15935576 Auk p. 331}}
Contopes [variation]
Conchopus [variation]

References
Primary references

Cabanis, J. 1855. In: Dr. J.Gundlach's Beiträge zur Ornithologie Cuba's. Nach Mittheilungen des Reisenden an Hr. Bez.– Dir. Sezekorn in Cassel; von Letzterem zusammengestellt. Mit Zusätzen und Anmerkungen geordnet vom Herausgeber. Journal für Ornithologie 3(18): 465–480. DOI: 10.1007/bf02009761 BHLReference page. p. 479

Additional references

Harvey, M.G, Bravo, G.A., Claramunt, S, Cuervo, A.M., Derryberry, G.E., Battilana, J., Seeholzer, G.F., McKay, J.S., O’Meara, B.C., Faircloth, B.C., Edwards, S.V., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Moyle, R.G., Sheldon, F.H., Aleixo, A., Smith, B.T., Chesser, R.T., Silveira, L.F., Cracraft, J., Brumfield, R.T. & Derryberry, E.P. 2020. The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Science 370 no.6522: 1343–1348. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz6970 Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Pewee
español: Pibíes
français: Contopus
lietuvių: Piviai
português: Piuís

The pewees are a genus, Contopus, of small to medium-sized insect-eating birds in the Tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

These birds are known as pewees, from the call of one of the more common members of this vocal group. They are generally charcoal-grey birds with wing bars that live in wooded areas.

The genus Contopus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1855 with the eastern wood pewee as the type species.[1] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek words kontos "pole" or "shaft" and pous "foot".[2]

The genus contains 16 species:[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Contopus cooperi	Olive-sided flycatcher	Canada, Alaska and the northeastern and western United States
	Contopus pertinax	Greater pewee	central and southern Mexico south through Costa Rica and Nicaragua
	Contopus lugubris	Dark pewee	Talamancan montane forests of Costa Rica and western Panama.
	Contopus fumigatus	Smoke-colored pewee	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela
	Contopus ochraceus	Ochraceous pewee	Costa Rica and western Panama
	Contopus sordidulus	Western wood pewee	western North America
	Contopus virens	Eastern wood pewee	Central America and in the Andes region of northern South America.
	Contopus cinereus	Southern tropical pewee	southern Brazil and Paraguay south to Argentina.
	Contopus bogotensis	Northern tropical pewee	southeastern Mexico to northern South America from northern Colombia to northeastern Brazil.
	Contopus punensis	Tumbes pewee	western Ecuador and western Peru.
	Contopus albogularis	White-throated pewee	Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname.
	Contopus nigrescens	Blackish pewee	Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, and Peru.
	Contopus caribaeus	Cuban pewee	Cuba and the northern Bahamas.
	Contopus hispaniolensis	Hispaniolan pewee	island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean.
	Contopus pallidus	Jamaican pewee	Jamaica
	Contopus latirostris	Lesser Antillean pewee	Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Saint Lucia

References

Cabanis, Jean (1855). "Contopus virens Cab". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 3 (18): 479.
Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 July 2018.