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Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
33.4484, -112.074
Field Notes
Description:
Small, plump songbirds with large head and medium-long, squared tail. Sooty gray on the upperparts and chest, with a slightly darker black head. The belly is clean white, and the wing feathers are edged with pale gray.
Habitat:
In the U.S., you’ll almost always find these flycatchers near water. They live along streams, rivers, lakes, and the Pacific Ocean—even around cattle tanks. As long as there is water present and some kind of ledge or overhang on which to anchor a mud nest, Black Phoebes could be around.
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