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The Eastern wood pewee (Contopus virens) is a bird found in United States and Canada. Woods in eastern North America; winters in South America. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Eastern wood pewee lives

Woods in eastern North America; winters in South America.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs90%
• 🍎 Fruit10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Eastern wood pewee

Recorded by Rory Nefdt (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1140074. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Eastern wood pewee

Where does the Eastern wood pewee live?

The Eastern wood pewee lives in United States and Canada. Woods in eastern North America; winters in South America.

What does the Eastern wood pewee eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 90%), fruit (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Eastern wood pewee endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from North America

• American bushtit
• Summer tanager
• Caspian tern
• White-eyed vireo
• Eastern meadowlark
• Yellow-olive flatbill

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.