Today’s bird

Greater Pewee

Contopus pertinax

Family: Tyrant flycatchers

Greater Pewee is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.

Did you know

  1. It feeds mostly on flying insects and during the non-breeding season adds other insects and some berries to its diet.

  2. The clutch is usually three or four eggs that are dull white to creamy with small brown spots.

  3. It is 18 to 20 cm long and weighs about 22 to 36 g.

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