Say's Phoebe
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Sayornis
Species: saya
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Description
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Length: 7.5"
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Wing span: 13"
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Weight: 0.74oz (21 grams)
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Small songbird with gray upperparts and cinnamon underparts
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Constantly wags tail when perched
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Males and females look alike
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Juveniles look like adult with the exception of appearing more brown in color than gray and often shows buff colored wingbars (last photo is a juvenile)
Factoids:
- Like other phoebes, the rusty-bellied Say's Phoebe is common around people, often nesting on buildings. A bird of open country, it is found from Alaska through Mexico
- The Say's Phoebe breeds farther north than any other flycatcher, seemingly limited only by the lack of nest sites. It breeds north past tree line, and may be following the Alaska pipeline even farther north, nesting on the pipeline itself
All photographs and audio clips are ©Jamie Mullin 2006
Sources: Cornell Lab of Ornithology & The Sibley Guide to Birds.
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