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Definition of Contopus virens
1. Noun. Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
Generic synonyms: Flycatcher, New World Flycatcher, Tyrant Bird, Tyrant Flycatcher
Group relationships: Contopus, Genus Contopus
Specialized synonyms: Contopus Sordidulus, Western Wood Pewee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contopus Virens
Literary usage of Contopus virens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"Southern Arizona, Mexico, and Guatemala. 461. contopus virens (LINN.). Wood Pewee.
Muscicapa virens LINN. SN ed. 12, I. 1766, 327. contopus virens CAB. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1883)
"Note on the Nest of contopus virens.—Mr. THOMAS MEEHAN • exhibited a nest of
the " Wood Pewee," contopus virens, built on a dead branch of a black-walnut ..."
3. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1889)
"contopus virens (LINN.) [320.] Wood Pewee. Hab. Eastern North America to the edge
of the Great Plains, north to Canada, south in winter to Eastern Mexico ..."
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