Salt Creek Woods
10Sept2010
Contopus virens
(L 6.25" WS 10" Wt 0.49 OZ)
Indistinguishable from the
Western Wood-Pewee but
their ranges don’t overlap.
Starved Rock State Pk
Utica
10Sept2012
Columbus Park
Chicago
14May2017
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
Contopus in Greek
means
short foot; virens in Latin
means green (is more a gray-
olive).
Has a light lower mandible
and wings extending nearly
halfway down the tail.
Morton Arboretum
Lisle
01Jun2011