Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
The black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) is a passerine bird in the tyrant-flycatcher family. It breeds from southwest Oregon and California south through Central and South America. It occurs year-round throughout most of its range and migrates less than the other birds in its genus, though its northern populations are partially migratory.
- Family
- Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Weight
- 19 g
- Habitat
- Rock
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 16
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
.jpg){kind=link}