Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Monotypic
Doris J. Watt, John P. McCarty, Sarah W. Kendrick, Felicity L. Newell, and Peter Pyle
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 15, 2017
Text last updated December 15, 2017
Sign in to see your badges
Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | piuí oriental |
| Czech | tyranovec východní |
| Danish | Østlig Pivi |
| Dutch | Oostelijke Bospiewie |
| English | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
| English (United States) | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
| French | Pioui de l'Est |
| French (France) | Pioui de l'Est |
| German | Hellbauch-Schnäppertyrann |
| Hebrew | יערית מזרחית |
| Hungarian | Keleti pivi |
| Icelandic | Grænpjakkur |
| Japanese | モリタイランチョウ |
| Norwegian | østpivi |
| Polish | piwik leśny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | piuí-verdadeiro-do-leste |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Piuí |
| Russian | Восточный пиви |
| Serbian | Istočni šumski pivi |
| Slovak | pamuchár lesný |
| Spanish | Pibí Oriental |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Burlisto Boreal |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pibí Oriental |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Bobito de bosque del este |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Pibí Oriental |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Pibí Oriental |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Pibí Oriental |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Papamoscas del Este |
| Spanish (Panama) | Pibí Oriental |
| Spanish (Peru) | Pibí Oriental |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pibí Oriental |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pibí oriental |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Pibí de la Selva |
| Swedish | östlig pivi |
| Turkish | Doğulu Pivi |
| Ukrainian | Піві лісовий |
Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
[Muscicapa] virens
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.327.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Carolina.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CONTOPUS
- virens
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
Content Partner
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Eastern Wood-Pewee
