Contopus

Belongs within: Fluvicolinae.

Contopus, pewees, is a genus of tyrant flycatchers with long wings, a broad bill, and short but stout legs.

<==Contopus Cabanis 1855S05
    |--C. cooperiJT12
    `--+--C. virensJT12
       `--+--C. cinereusJT12
          |    |--C. c. cinereusE52
          |    `--C. c. brachytarsusE52
          `--C. sordidulusJT12
               |--C. s. sordidulusPP61
               `--C. s. saturatus Bishop 1900 [=C. richardsonii saturatus]PP61

Contopus incertae sedis:
  C. albogularisJT12
  C. borealis (Swainson in Swainson & Richardson 1831) [=Tyrannus borealis; incl. T. cooperi Reinhardt 1853]S05
  C. caribaeusJT12
  C. fumigatusAP21
  C. hispaniolensisJT12
  C. latirostrisAP21
  C. lugubrisJT12
  C. nigrescensJT12
  C. ochraceusJT12
  C. pallidusJT12
  C. pertinaxAP21
  C. punensisJT12
  C. richardsoniiE52

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[E52] Eisenmann, E. 1952. Annotated list of birds of Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (5): 1–62.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[PP61] Phelps, W. H. & W. H. Phelps, Jr. 1961. Notes on Venezuelan birds and description of a new subspecies of Trochilidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 3–6.

[S05] Schalow, H. 1905. Die Vögel der Arktis. In: Römer, F., & F. Schaudinn (eds) Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellun der arktischen Tierformen, mit besonder Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898 vol. 4 pp. 79–288. Gustav Fischer: Jena.