Contopus Virens (Noun)
Meaning
Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Contopus virens, also known as the Eastern Wood-Pewee, is a common bird species found in woodland areas of eastern North America.
- Eastern Wood-Pewees are attracted to woodland edges with open canopies that allow sunlight to filter through to the forest floor.
- The Contopus virens is a migrant species that spends its winters in Central and South America, returning to eastern North America for breeding.
- In the spring, Contopus virens arrive in eastern North America and establish territories in woodland areas with suitable nesting sites.
- Eastern Wood-Pewees, or Contopus virens, have a distinctive song that sounds like a melancholy whistle, often described as a mournful phrase.