The Tumbes pewee or western tropical pewee (''Contopus punensis'') is a

passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by t ...

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

in the family Tyrannidae formerly thought to be conspecific with the

tropical pewee Tropical pewee has been split into three species: * Northern tropical pewee, ''Contopus bogotensis'' * Southern tropical pewee The southern tropical pewee (''Contopus cinereus'') is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It br ...

(''Contopus cinereus''). It is endemic to western

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and western

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