Tropical pewee, Santa María, Colombia

The tropical pewee is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina. The taxon ''punensis'', found in south-western Ecuador and western Peru, is usually included as a subspecies of the tropical pewee, but it has been suggested it should be considered a separate species, the Tumbes pewee .

This pewee is found at the edges of forests and cultivated areas with tall trees. The nest is a small open saucer.. more