NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi (Nuttall, 1831)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) is a small to medium sized passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatcher family. It is a migratory species that travels from South America to North America to breed during the summer. It is an agile flyer and mainly consumes flying insects caught in flight. Since 2016, this species has been assessed as being near-threatened globally (IUCN) and threatened in Canada (SRA) due to its declining populations.
Wikipedia contributors, Olive-sided flycatcher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:54:21.546701+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Contopus cooperi (Nuttall, 1831)
- Name authority
- (Nuttall, 1831)
- Common name
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Contopus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTyrannidae
- genusContopus Cabanis, 1855
- speciesContopus cooperi (Nuttall, 1831)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Contopus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Western Wood PeweeContopus sordidulus P. L. Sclater, 1859 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tumbes PeweeContopus punensis Lawrence, 1869 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus (Spix, 1825) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hispaniolan PeweeContopus hispaniolensis (H. Bryant, 1867) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Antillean PeweeContopus latirostris (J. Verreaux, 1866) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blackish PeweeContopus nigrescens (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1880) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jamaican PeweeContopus pallidus (Gosse, 1847) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Nuttallornis borealis (Swainson, 1832) (Swainson, 1832) | synonym |
| Muscicapa cooperi Nuttall, 1831 Nuttall, 1831 | synonym |
| Nuttallornis cooperi (Nuttall, 1831) (Nuttall, 1831) | synonym |
| Contopus borealis (Swainson, 1832) (Swainson, 1832) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
North America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554221 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:XVRZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.