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Western Wood Pewee

Contopus sordidulus Sclater, PL 1859

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Paul Marvin 2021-08-11 Road between Onion Saddle and Barfoot Jct, Cochise, Arizona, United States, Cochise (United States)   -   360736141
macaulaylibrary.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Richard E Webster 2006-05-08 Los Manzanos, Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California, Baja California (Mexico) (1700 m m) calls (several types) - regular call, also twitter interaction calls at :20, :45, 1:12, 1:30, more fight like calls at 1:36, ending with (as I turned volume up?) dawn-song like vocalizations 72359
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Garrett MacDonald 2013-06-26 Mt. Haggin WMA - German Gulch access, Silver Bow County, Montana, Silver Bow (United States) (1700 m) call, male -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

140140
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Shane Sater 2024-06-13 , Missoula (United States)   -   620763199
macaulaylibrary.org
Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Larry Joseph 2025-06-05 , Kitimat-Stikine (Canada)   -   637575252
macaulaylibrary.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Tim Marquardt 2014-06-07 Slate Creek Divide FR201, Maricopa County, Arizona, Gila (United States) (1900 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

181383
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus veliei Phoenix Birder 2019-08-23 Coconino National Forest (near Payson), Coconino County, Arizona, Coconino (United States) (2300 m) call -

Sound Devices MixPre-3, Wildtronics Model #WTPMMSA, 22” Parabolic Reflector, [email protected]

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

494105
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Larry Joseph 2024-07-09 , Kitimat-Stikine (Canada)   -   621333892
macaulaylibrary.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus veliei Richard E. Webster 2018-06-13 Lower Penstemon CG, South Hills, Idaho, Twin Falls (United States) (2000 m) adult, male, song -

day song early in the morning;

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

577489
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Ed Pandolfino 2022-06-22 Kingston Canyon, Lander County, Nevada, Lander (United States) (2200 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

734135
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus veliei Scott Olmstead 20-08-2009 Km 196 on Hwy 16 to Yecora, Sonora, Mexico (Mexico) (900 m) song (A) -   41235
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus veliei Richard E. Webster 2020-08-06 Guadalupe Canyon, Peloncillo Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1200 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

rather burry individual; joined by a second ten minutes later;

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

701074
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Joe Tuttle 2025-06-23 , Park (United States)   -   638003161
macaulaylibrary.org
Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Walter Thorne 2022-08-12 , Kitimat-Stikine (Canada)   -   474765211
macaulaylibrary.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus veliei Richard E. Webster 2010-05-13 East Turkey Creek outflow, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1300 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

124507
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus veliei Richard E. Webster 2021-05-18 Mike's Sky Rancho, Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California, Ensenada (Mexico) (1200 m) adult, call, interaction calls, male, mobbing calls, sex uncertain -

two birds, like a pair, including burry interaction calls after 0:03 and 0:23, quiet, piping interaction calls after 0:05, 0:35, and 0:59, then when a California Scrub-Jay flew in, calling, bill snaps after 1:24 as the wood-pewees mobbed it (good);

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

662583
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Manuel Grosselet 2024-05-28 Montealbán, Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca, Centro (Mexico) (1900 m) song - [also] [sono] 907597
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Peter Ward 1986-07-11 Swan Lake Provincial Park, Peace River (Canada) (750 m) song -

As recorded. Mic in parabola

801729
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Steven Mlodinow 2025-08-12 , Douglas (United States)   -   641138125
macaulaylibrary.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Jonas Nilsson 1997-01-12 Pichincha: ridge between Río Mindo and Río Nambillo, 3 km SE Mindo, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (1600 m) call -

Humid secondary forest. Reference: JN4. Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

275901
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus sordidulus Manuel Grosselet 2021-05-19 San Pablo Etla, San Pablo Etla, Oaxaca, Oaxaca (Mexico) (1700 m) song -

wildtronics mono amplified TAscam Dr05

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

649845
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus Scott Olmstead 2017-05-28 Turkey Creek, Chiricahua Mtns, Cochise Co., Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1900 m) male, song -

Daytime song. Singing from an oak snag, 15m above ground in open, grassy pine-oak woodland.

bird-seen:yes

373899
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus veliei Richard E. Webster 2013-08-17 Road to Santa Rosa at km 243 on Hwy 16, Sonora, Sonora (Mexico) (900 m) call -

1st recording of this individual of two (XC338017); probably a local breeder (oaks but no conifers) (and migrants seldom call this much)

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

338018
xeno-canto.org
Western Wood Pewee - Contopus sordidulus sordidulus Manuel Grosselet 2021-04-04 San Pablo Etla, Oaxaca, Oaxaca (Mexico) (1700 m) song -

wildtronics mono amplified TAscam Dr05

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

635929
xeno-canto.org
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