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Blackish Pewee

Contopus nigrescens (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O 1880)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens canescens Jeremy Minns 2002-02-03 Serra dos Carajás. Road to Salobo, Pará (Brazil) (700 m) call -

ssp. presumed from location. Terra firme forest. Natural calls of bird perched 20-25m above road, sallying occasionally but also calling from perch.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

120600
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens nigrescens Andrew Spencer 14-08-2011 Shaime cutoff road, Zamora-Chinchipe, Zamora-Chinchipe (Ecuador) (940 m) song (A) - response to playback 86350
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Peter Boesman 2005-01-21 Carajás, Aguas Claras area, Pará, Pará (Brazil) call, song -

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 357 side A track 16 seq. C)

221531
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Jerome Fischer 2025-06-05 Plataforma, San Martin, Bellavista (Peru) (1600 m) call - [sono] 1004872
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens nigrescens Daniel F. Lane 2000-08-00 Loreto: Cushabatay, 77-79 km WNW of Contamana, Loreto (Peru) (950 m) calls -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD

playback-used:no

257110
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens nigrescens Robert S. Ridgely 1990-08-00 Morona-Santiago: Taisha, Morona-Santiago (Ecuador) (400 m) song -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Edited

playback-used:no

275078
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens nigrescens Andrew Spencer 2013-01-09 Rio Bigal Biological Reserve, Orellana, Napo (Ecuador) (950 m) dawn song -

natural vocalization from a bird perched on top of a tall tree along a road cut in dense primary foothill forest. I believe this to be the first recording of the dawn song of this species.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

118985
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens nigrescens Niels Krabbe 1996-09-15 Pastaza: Churunalpi, 5 km N Canelos, Pastaza (Ecuador) (600 m) call -

Humid forest. Reference: CXLIIB 28-35 (Connig3). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

249563
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Luiz Matos 2023-05-07 , Pará (Brazil)   -   568340321
macaulaylibrary.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens nigrescens Robert S. Ridgely 1990-08-00 Morona-Santiago: Taisha, Morona-Santiago (Ecuador) (400 m) calls -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Pair

playback-used:no

275079
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens nigrescens Niels Krabbe 1996-09-10 Pastaza: Churunalpi, 5 km N Canelos, Pastaza (Ecuador) (600 m) call -

Pair making aerial sallies and returning to same perches on lianas in lower canopy in humid forest. Reference: CXXXVIIB 552-621 (Connig1). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9). Filtered version on Moore et al. (2013) (http://johnvmoorenaturerecordings.com/pubs/ECUAD/main.htm).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

249560
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens nigrescens Niels Krabbe 1996-09-10 Pastaza: Churunalpi, 5 km N Canelos, Pastaza (Ecuador) (600 m) call -

Pair making aerial sallies and returning to same perches on lianas in lower canopy in humid forest. Reference: CXXXVIIB 630-663, -691 (Connig2). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

249562
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Luis Alberto Salagaje Muela 2026-01-04 , Orellana (Ecuador)   -   649183546
macaulaylibrary.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens nigrescens JACOB Hervé 2014-12-02 Orellana, Orellana (Ecuador) (850 m) call -

Three birds on a branch may be with an immature

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

208350
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens canescens Nick Athanas 20/01/2006 Serra dos Carajás, PA, Pará (Brazil) (670 m) call (B) -   5016
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Luis Alberto Salagaje Muela 2026-01-04 , Orellana (Ecuador)   -   649183539
macaulaylibrary.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Luis Alberto Salagaje Muela 2026-01-04 , Orellana (Ecuador)   -   649183503
macaulaylibrary.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Curtis A. Marantz 1999-09-19 Floresta Nacional de Tapajos; Base de Sucupira, BR-163, Rodovia Santarem - Cuiaba, km. 117, Pará, Brazil, Pará (Brazil)   -   115097
macaulaylibrary.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Peter Boesman 2008-01-03 Tarapoto tunnel road, San Martín, San Martín (Peru) song -

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 525 side A track 100 seq. A)

221538
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Peter Boesman 2005-01-21 Carajás, Aguas Claras area, Pará, Pará (Brazil) song -

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 357 side A track 16 seq. A)

221535
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Curtis A. Marantz 2005-08-10 Floresta Nacional de Carajas; Salobo Road, Pará, Brazil, Pará (Brazil)   -   126663
macaulaylibrary.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Curtis A. Marantz 2005-08-10 Floresta Nacional de Carajas; Salobo Road, Pará, Brazil, Pará (Brazil)   -   126665
macaulaylibrary.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Peter Boesman 2005-01-13 Carajás, Aguas Claras area, Pará, Pará (Brazil) call -

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 353 side B track 16 seq. A)

221537
xeno-canto.org
Blackish Pewee - Contopus nigrescens Luis Alberto Salagaje Muela 2026-01-04 , Orellana (Ecuador)   -   649183550
macaulaylibrary.org
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