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Willow |
Least |
Hammond's |
Dusky |
Gray |
Cordilleran |
Western Wood-Pewee |
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Song |
sneezy: FITZ-bew |
insistent repeated: che-BEK |
rapid, rough: chipit...brrk... grrrip |
less rapid: chrip...grreep... pweet |
irregular: chuwip... teeah...chuwip |
high pitched: reeceeet, repeated | pee-pee-da-wee |
Call | whit | whit | peep | whit | whit | tseeyeap or tseet | decending trreeaaar |
Bill Shape | wide | intermediate | narrow and short | narrow, intermediate length | narrow, long | wide | intermediate width |
Lower Mandible Color | pale 90%, dark tip | pale 80%, dusky tip | mostly dark to 50-50% | pale (50%) fading to dark tip | pale 80%, dark contrasting tip | pale 90%, dark tip | 50% pale, dark tip |
Eye-ring | mostly absent | conspicuous, bold, white, slightly ("almond") | conspicuous, narrow, white, round | fairly conspicuous, narrow white | not strongly contrasted, narrow, round | conspicuous bold, elongated towards back ("teardrop") | absent |
Primary Extension | long | moderate to short | long | fairly short | short | short | very long |
Overall Shape | large head, medium tail, big bird | large head, short tail, small bird | large head, short tail, small bird | small head, long tail, medium bird | small head, very long tail, big bird | large head, short tail, chunky bird | slightly crested head, long wings, short legs |
Throat | white | off-white | gray | pale gray | grayish white | yellow | dusky vest |
Back | olive brown | washed with brown to olive | olive-gray | olive-gray | pale gray to olive-gray | olive-green | gray |
Wing Bars | buff to white, wide; moderate contrast | buff to white, wide; sharp contrast | white, narrow; moderate contrast | white, narrow; moderate contrast | grayish, narrow; little contrast | buff or grayish, intermediate width; moderate contrast | buff or grayish, narrow; little contrast |
Tail Movement | occasional and abrupt, up | often and abrupt, up | often and abrupt, up | seldom and casual, up | occasional and floppy, down | often and abrupt, up | nearly none |
Habitat | willow riparian | aspen, cottonwood | high elevation conifers | pinyon-juniper and mountain chaparral | sagebrush and pinyon-juniper | riparian, mixed and conifer forest | riparian, mixed and conifer forest |
Author: Frank Howe, UDWR. Web adaptation: Jim Bailey, Copyright 2004