Black phoebe
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| Species: | S. nigricans
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| Sayornis nigricans (Swainson, 1827)
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The Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) is a distinctive tyrant flycatcher native to western North America, ranging from southwestern Oregon and California to west Texas and northern Mexico.
In South America, the Black Phoebe is a bird of the Andes mountain region, ranging from Colombia in the north, south to northern Argentina.
The Black Phoebe reaches a length of 5.75 in (14.6 cm), and unlike other phoebes, has highly contrasting plumage, dark brown or black on the head, breast, back, wings, and tail, and white on the underbelly and under the wings. This species also spends more time along streams and ponds than the other phoebe species, and is not migratory but stays in its range year-round. Like other phoebes, it continually wags its tail when perched and "sallies," waiting on an open perch such as a branch or fence post, flying out to catch an insect, and then returning to the same perch.
Its song is a series of phrases, rendered sisee and sitsew, and its call is similar to that of the Eastern Phoebe.
References
- Template:IUCN2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
External links
Media related to Sayornis nigricans at Wikimedia Commons
- Black Phoebe (USGS)
- Black Phoebe videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Tyrant flycatchers
- Sayornis
- Birds of North America
- Birds of the United States
- Native birds of the Southwestern United States
- Native birds of the Pacific region U.S.
- Birds of the U.S. Rio Grande Valleys
- Fauna of the Lower Colorado River Valley
- Birds of Mexico
- Birds of Baja Peninsula Mexico
- Birds of Central America
- Birds of South America
- Birds of Colombia
- Birds of Venezuela
- Birds of Ecuador
- Birds of Peru
- Birds of Bolivia
- Birds of Argentina