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Type Words
Synonyms contopus virens, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee
Type of new world flycatcher, tyrant bird, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher
Has types western wood pewee, contopus sordidulus

Examples of pewee

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Of all the birds that sing their own name, the eastern wood-pewee does it best.
From the post-gazette.com
On the slope below, the pewee found another snag and started catching its own grasshoppers.
From the thenewstribune.com
Next time you see a pewee, watch it for 15 minutes as it flies back and forth from a feeding perch.
From the post-gazette.com
Pewee Valley Mayor Bob Rogers said there aren't enough problems with the intersection to warrant a roundabout.
From the courier-journal.com
A short stroll down the greenway to the next flock revealed an American redstart, Blackburnian warbler, Northern parula, common yellowthroat and Eastern wood-pewee.
From the charlotteobserver.com
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  • Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
  • The genus Contopus is a group of small to medium-sized insect-eating birds in the Tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.