Black Phoebe
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Black Phoebe
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_9387
Description
The black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) is a passerine bird in the tyrant-flycatcher family. The black phoebe is a medium-sized flycatcher, being 6.3 in. in length and weighing 0.5 to 0.8 oz. The white forms an inverted "V" in the lower breast. The sexes are identical and plumage does not vary seasonally. 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. Six subspecies are commonly recognized, although two are occasionally combined as a separate species, the white-winged phoebe. The black phoebe has predominantly black plumage, with a white belly and undertail coverts. The sexes are identical in color, and juveniles have brown feather tips and brown wing-bars. Its song is a repeated tee-hee, tee ho. It lives in a variety of habitats but is always near water. It is mainly insectivorous and waits on a perch before flying out and catching its prey in the air. It makes an open cup nest which is placed under a cliff or a bridge and cemented in its place with mud.
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September 20th, 2015
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Comments (8)
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2023 Featured Image Archive Discussion"!
Jennie Breeze
Wonderful being selected and featured in your WONDER OF WINGS art group. Thank you Siene!
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations! Your nature photography has been featured on the home page of the rising star group, The 200 Club. Please archive it in the appropriate discussions.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Jennie, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings"!
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Don! Appreciate being selected and featured in your A BIRDING GROUP-WINGS art group.