Lesser Antillean Pewee

The Lesser Antillean pewee (Contopus latirostris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Saint Lucia. There are also scattered records on Saint Kitts. == Taxonomy and systematics == Worldwide and regional taxonomic systems assign the Lesser Antillean pewee three subspecies, the nominate C. l. latirostris (Verreaux, 1866), C. l. blancoi (Cabanis, 1875), and C. l. brunneicapillus (Lawrence, 1878). However, some authors have treated each as a separate species. Some of them call C. l. latirostris the Saint Lucia pewee (C. oberi) and C. l. blancoi the Puerto Rican pewee (C. portoricensis). The Clements taxonomy recognizes one species but within it highlights the nominate subspecies as the "Lesser Antillean pewee (St. Lucia)", C. l. blancoi as the "Lesser Antillean pewee (Puerto Rico)", and C. l. brunneicapillus as the "Lesser Antillean pewee (Lesser Antilles)". == Description == All three subspecies of the Lesser Antillean pewee are about 15 cm (5.9 in) long. Within each subspecies the sexes are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dark sooty brown crown, an olive-brown face with a fulvous tinge, and olive-brown upperparts with a cinnamon tinge on the rump…