Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, USA (B), Venezuela.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 (2020) and increasing.
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) [XC192013]
by Paul Marvin from Hollenbeck Canyon Trail, Jamul, San Diego County, California, United States (call)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) [XC530773]
by Rick Koehler from Ukuku Rural Lodge, Juntas, Ibague, Tolima, Colombia @ (4.5585,-75.3275), Colombia (song)
Subspecies
Subspecies latirostis and angustirostris (sometimes synonymized with former) considered a separate species by some authors. Variation clinal: extent of white in wings and on belly generally decreasing north to south; white in wings abruptly increasing south of Isthmus of Panama, thence extent of white, and size, increasing towards south.
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
semiater (Swainson, 1827) - Western USA (south from coastal Oregon, south-east to western and central Texas) and western Mexico (Baja California, and south in interior to Isthmus of Tehuantepec).
nigricans (Swainson, 1827) - North-eastern, central and southern Mexico.
aquaticus P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1859 - Mexico (south of Isthmus of Tehuantepec) south to central Honduras and north-western Nicaragua.
amnicola Bangs, 1902 - Costa Rica and western Panama.
angustirostris von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 - Central and eastern Panama and northern Venezuela south through Andes to central Bolivia.
latirostris (Cabanis & Heine, 1860) - Mountains and foothills of central and southern Bolivia and north-western Argentina.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet