Smoke-colored pewees are found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.

[3] The species was first formally described by the French naturalists Alcide d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1837, based on a specimen found in the Bolivian Yungas.

[4][5] Six subspecies are recognized: The smoke-colored pewee is a grey bird with a slight crest on its head.

Adult smoke-colored pewees have a uniform grey plumage,[2] though the upper body and wing tips may be tinged with olive or a pale brown.

[8] As you move North in smoke-colored pewee habitat range, birds typically become darker and greyer.

[10] The smoke-colored pewee is endemic to the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.

[10] Birds are typically found at 1000-2500m, reaching as high as 3000m in the Andes and as low as sea-level in Southwest Ecuador.

[8][11] This differentiates it from the closely related Blackish pewee, which is slightly smaller and perches closer to the ground.

[10] Smoke-colored pewees produce altricial chicks, meaning they require a significant amount of parental care.

[12] Both male and female parent participated in feeding the chick, while only one bird constructed the nest.

[8] Sallying refers to a foraging technique commonly used by flycatchers, where a bird will catch insects from the air but return to a perch to feed.

Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smoke-colored_Pewee_-_Colombia_S4E3923_(16685722348).jpg.